American vetch

(Vicia americana)

Overview
American vetch (var. americana)
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
           
 
Description
 
 

 

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 24, 28, 29, 30, 72.

 
  2/15/2023      
         
 
Taxonomy
 
  Kingdom Plantae (green algae and land plants)  
  Subkingdom Viridiplantae (green plants)  
  Infrakingdom Streptophyta (land plants and green algae)  
  Superdivision Embryophyta (land plants)  
  Division Tracheophyta (vascular plants)  
  Subdivision Spermatophytina (seed plants)  
  Class Magnoliopsida (flowering plants)  
  Superorder Rosanae  
 

Order

Fabales (legumes, milkworts, and allies)  
 

Family

Fabaceae (legumes)  
  Subfamily Faboideae  
  Tribe Fabeae (peas, vetches, and allies)  
  Genus Vicia (vetches)  
  Subgenus Vicilla  
  Section Americanae  
       
 

Subordinate Taxa

 
 

American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana)

Mexican vetch (Vicia americana ssp. mexicana)

mat vetch (Vicia americana ssp. minor)

 
       
 

Synonyms

 
 

 

 
       
 

Common Names

 
 

American deervetch

American purple vetch

American vetch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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  Vicia americana
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  Vicia americana  
 
About

Native rhizomatous perennial herb, stems climbing by means of leaf tendrils, leaflets serrate at least distally, terminal leaflet is reduced to a tendril, racemes usually few-flowered, pod laterally compressed with multiple lenticular seeds, common in sagebrush steppe, grasslands, including roadsides and any open dry area with moderate levels of disturbance.

 

 

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