Vicia 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 mm long, alternate. Flowers racemose, the upper petal lavender-blue.
Plant Trivia: Two subspecies
Field Identification: Untidy nuisance in lawns or growing on fences but is gone as weather gets hot. Tendril at end of stem is key to field ID>
Occurrence: Frequent on various soils in prairies, openings, and waste places.
Bloom Period: February-May
Plant Use:
Key to species of Vicia:
- Corolla more than 9 mm long……………………………………………………….V. villosa
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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