Texas Wildbuds
Vicia hirsuta
(Tiny Vetch)
Vicia hirsuta, Acorn Woods Park, Grapevine, Tarrant Co. 1083
Vicia hirsuta, Acorn Woods Park, Grapevine, Tarrant Co. 1103
Vicia hirsuta, Acorn Woods Park, Grapevine, Tarrant Co. 1059
Vicia hirsuta, Acorn Woods Park, Grapevine, Tarrant Co. 1100
| Scientific Name | Vicia hirsuta | USDA PLANTS Symbol | VIHI |
| Common Name | Tiny Vetch, Hairy Vetch | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 26343 |
| Family | Fabaceae (Pea) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Various soils in fields, streamsides, open woodlands, waste areas, disturbed areas and roadsides. Plant: Climbing annual, slender stems 8 to 30 inches long. Leaves: Alternate compound leaves 3/4 to 3-1/8 inches long with simple or branching tendrils at leaf ends; pinnately-divided with 8 to 16 narrowly oblong-elliptic to linear, alternate leaflets less than 1/4 to almost 1-inch long and up to 1/4-inch wide; tips are blunt (truncate to emarginate) and the surfaces are smooth. Inflorescence: Racemes 3/8 to 2 inches long of 2 to 7 small pea-like flowers 2–4 mm long with a whitish corolla; 5 hairy calyx lobes, unequal lengths. Bloom Period: April to June. References: Flora of North America and SEINet. |
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Texas Status: Introduced |
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