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Large yellow vetch
Vicia grandiflora
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Yellow VetchVicia lutea
Hairy Yellow-vetchVicia hybrida
Common VetchVicia sativa
Hungarian vetchVicia pannonica
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Hairy tareVicia hirsuta
meadow peaLathyrus pratensis
goat's rueTephrosia virginiana
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 4,044 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 1,726 |
| Alabama | 472 |
| Austria | 388 |
| Virginia | 325 |
| Hungary | 290 |
| Maryland | 289 |
| Russia | 263 |
| Ukraine | 259 |
| Steiermark | 255 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Crop wild relativeListed as a crop wild relative or crop gene source by a harvested source.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
- Vine growth formListed by a harvested source as having a vine or climbing growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales |
| Family | Legumes · Fabaceae |
| Genus | Vetches · Vicia |
Study it in a deck
- Plants of Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
- Plants of Richmond city, Virginia, United States
- Plants of Zaporizhia, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Large yellow vetch with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.