Texas Wildbuds
Vicia caroliniana
(Tiny Vetch)
Vicia villosa, Martin Creek Lake State Park, Rusk Co. 5976/5989
Vicia villosa, Along FM 147 southwest of Groesbeck, Limestone Co. 6480
Vicia villosa, Jacob’s Well Natural Area, Hays Co. 3286
Vicia villosa, Walnut Creek Park, Austin, Travis Co. 1519
Vicia villosa, Walnut Creek Park, Austin, Travis Co. 1517
Vicia villosa, Jacob’s Well Natural Area, Hays Co. 3301
Vicia villosa, Martin Creek Lake State Park, Rusk Co. 6015
| Scientific Name | Vicia villosa | USDA PLANTS Symbol | VIVI |
| Common Name | Winter Vetch, Hairy Vetch | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 26360 |
| Family | Fabaceae (Pea) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Various soils in fields, pastures, brushlands, disturbed areas and roadsides. Plant: Climbing, weakly upright to sprawling annual or biennial, slender, hairy, brittle stems up to 40 inches long. Leaves: Alternate compound leaves up to 10 inches long with branching tendrils at leaf ends; pinnately-divided with 5 to 10 linear-oblong to elliptic, opposite leaflets 1/2 to 1 inch long. Inflorescence: Dense, nodding racemes of 10 to 40 pea-like flowers with a corolla up to 3/4-inch long of 5 violet and white or rose-colored petals; upright banner and spreading lateral petals; hairy calyx with irregular-shaped lobes. Bloom Period: March to May. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston and "Wildflowers of Texas" by Geyata Ajilsvsgi. |
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Texas Status: Introduced |
Banner photo of Castilleja indivisa and Lupinus ssp. taken along FM 1323 north of Johnson City, Blanco County
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