Vetch, Smaller Common Vetch, Spring Vetch

The Pine Ridge Association at

Henry W. Coe State Park

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Scientific Name: Vicia sativa ssp. nigra

Family: Pea/Bean Family (Fabaceae)

Blooms: February through March

Facts: Annual vine supporting itself by attaching to other plants via tendrils, growing in shady, grassy areas in riparian woodland. Not native.

Wildflowers

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