Vicia villosa Roth

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Fabaceae

• Scientific Name

  Vicia villosa Roth

• Description

  Species Description - Annual or biennial to 1 m, the stems spreading-villous, especially upwards; lfls usually 5–10 pairs, narrowly oblong to lance-linear, 1–2.5 cm; racemes long-peduncled, dense, secund, with 10–40 fls; cal irregular, villous, the tube 2.3–4 mm, very gibbous, the pedicel apparently ventral; upper lobes linear-triangular, 0.8–1.5 mm; lateral and lower lobes linear above a triangular base, the lowest 2–5 mm, long-villous; cor slender, 12–20 mm, the spreading blade of the standard less than half as long as the claw; fr 2–3 cm, glabrous; 2n=14. Native of Europe, intr. in fields, roadsides, and waste places throughout most of the U.S. and s. Can. June–Aug.

• Common Names

  hairy vetch