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slender vetch

Vicia ludoviciana

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 483, February 462, March 2,273, April 2,350, May 610, June 296, July 266, August 275, September 327, October 348, November 453, December 439.
Texas9,154
United States7,666
Louisiana932
California632
Mississippi296
Arizona257
New Mexico215
Oklahoma108
Utah43
Alabama36

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • 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

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
GenusVetches · Vicia

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Practise slender vetch with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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