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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-007:
Vicia dasycarpa FAMILY Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Vetch, Winter Vetch
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JK Marlow jkm250520_0411
May Greenville County SC
Legume oblong, 2-4cm long, 7-10mm broad, compressed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm250520_0414
May Greenville County SC
Inflorescences 10-20-flowered, flowers loosely arranged on rachis. Flowers 12–16mm, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm250520_0416
May Greenville County SC
Stipules lacking a dark nectariferous patch on the lower surface, per Weakley's Flora (2025).
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JK Marlow jkm250520_0421
May Greenville County SC
Calyx swollen on one side; lower calyx lobe lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 1-2(-3)mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2025).
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JK Marlow jkm250520_0426
May Greenville County SC
Plant glabrate or with pubescence of incurved or loosely appressed hairs < 1 mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2025).
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JK Marlow jkm250520_0429
May Greenville County SC
Calyx lobes unequal: upper 0.5mm or less, lowermost and longest 1-2mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm51009_379
May Spartanburg County SC
Flowers on pedicels 1-2mm long, appearing distinctly laterally attached, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm51009_383
May Spartanburg County SC
Petals usually violet, rarely white, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm52111_81
May Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm52111_82
May Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm53010_701
May Spartanburg County SC
Racemes long-stalked, dense, one-sided, mostly with 5-15 blue flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Roxanna Martin rlm5908_166
May Spartanburg County SC
Calyx tube decidedly gibbous [one-sidedly enlarged] at base on upper side, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-007:
Vicia dasycarpa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
1916
Forb
Annual/Biennial/Rarely perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 14-20 leaflets (mostly)
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Violet
(rarely white)
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
Racemes long-stalked, one-sided, with (5)10-20 densely clustered flowers
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p536
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p112?
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p344?
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p207
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p037
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p210
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p144
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p182
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p077
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p335
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