Vicia l. ludoviciana
Family: Fabaceae
Plant Description: Annual vine with stems to 60 cm or longer, climbing by terminal tendrils or trailing. Leaves pinnate with leaflets 5-20 cm or longer, up to 12 leaflets, alternate. Flowers racemose, the upper petal lavender-blue, strongly bilateral. We have 2 subspecies.
Plant Trivia:
Field Identification: Tendril at the leaf tip is identifying characteristic.
Occurrence: Frequent on various soils in prairies, openings, and waste places.
Bloom Period: February-May
Plant Use:
Key to the species of Vicia:
- Corolla more than 9 mm long…………………………………………………..V. vilosa
Corolla 2-9 mm long……………………………………………………………………………….2
2. Peduncles 1- or 2-flowered, calyx lobes equal……………..V. minutiflora
Peduncles 3- to 12-flowered, calyx lobes unequal…………..V. ludoviciana
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