Blooms: May - August
Habit: vine
Duration: annual
Origin: Native
Distribution: Introduced and occasionally escaping west of the Cascades in Washington and Oregon, south to California.
Habitat: Waste ground and disgturbed soil.
Habit: vine
Duration: annual
Origin: Native
Distribution: Introduced and occasionally escaping west of the Cascades in Washington and Oregon, south to California.
Habitat: Waste ground and disgturbed soil.
Species Description:
General: Slender-stemmed, glabrous annual, the stem 3-7 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves pinnate; leaflets 8-10, linear to narrowly oblong, 10-25 mm. long, with a needle-like tip; stipules 2-4 mm. long, linear, usually with a basal tooth; tendrils well-developed.
Flowers: Inflorescence of 2- to 3-flowered racemes on filiform, axillary peduncles about equal to the leaves; flowers pea-like, bluish, the banner only slightly reflexed; calyx lobes 5, linear-lanceolate, about as long as the tube; style densely bearded at the tip.
Fruits: Pod 1-1.5 cm. long, 4-5 seeded, glabrous.
General: Slender-stemmed, glabrous annual, the stem 3-7 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves pinnate; leaflets 8-10, linear to narrowly oblong, 10-25 mm. long, with a needle-like tip; stipules 2-4 mm. long, linear, usually with a basal tooth; tendrils well-developed.
Flowers: Inflorescence of 2- to 3-flowered racemes on filiform, axillary peduncles about equal to the leaves; flowers pea-like, bluish, the banner only slightly reflexed; calyx lobes 5, linear-lanceolate, about as long as the tube; style densely bearded at the tip.
Fruits: Pod 1-1.5 cm. long, 4-5 seeded, glabrous.
Accepted Name:
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.Synonyms:
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb. var. tenuissima Druce
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Vicia tetrasperma
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Vicia tetrasperma specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Vicia tetrasperma specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Vicia tetrasperma treatment.
E-Flora BC: Vicia tetrasperma atlas page.
CalPhotos: Vicia tetrasperma images.
USDA Plants Database: Vicia tetrasperma.
Richard Old
Richard Old
Richard Old
Richard Old
Richard Old
Richard Old
Richard Old
Richard Old
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
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