Vicia lathyroides

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Species Distribution Map
Family:FABACEAE
Species:Vicia lathyroides L.
Common Name:Spring Vetch
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Spring Vetch is an introduced annual in the Bean family (Fabaceae). It is native to Europe and Western Asia. In Alabama, it can be found throughout the state. Spring Vetch grows in lawns, in cemeteries, on roadsides, and in sports fields. It is an annual with stems from 3-6 inches in length. The stems are green in color, decumbent or ascending and either short pubescent or glabrous. The leaves are alternate, petiolate, and pinnate. The leaves have 4-8 leaflets. The lower leaflets are obovate to obcordate in outline and the upper leaflets are elliptic to oblong in outline. The leaflets are short pubescent or glabrous. The leaves end in a simple tendril. Flowers are sessile or sub-sessile in the upper leaf axils. The flowers are solitary and papilionaceous. The standard or banner petal is blue-purple and the wing petals are blue turning to white with age. The fruit is a linear legume with 6-7 seed. Spring Vetch is probably more common than records indicate. Its small size and early flowering date make it easy to overlook.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyFABACEAE - Pea/Bean family
Genus Vicia
Species Vicia lathyroides L. - Spring Vetch

Citation

Citation Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 736. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Without data, Herb. Burser XIX: 97, (lectotype: UPS). Lecotypified by Lassen in Turland & Jarvis (ed.), Taxon 46: 483. 1997.

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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Bullock, Calhoun, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Dale, Dallas, Etowah, Henry, Houston, Lee, Montgomery, Pike, Sumter, Tuscaloosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1982 - 1982

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWAL0039729 Dallas 22 Mar 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28115		 UWAL
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
AUA000014359 Conecuh 22 Mar 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3066		 AUA
Vicia Lathyroides L.
TROY000019817 Tuscaloosa 14 Mar 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11681		 TROY
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
UWAL0038798 Clarke 28 Feb 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9327		 UWAL
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
JSU140748 Calhoun 17 Mar 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
5073		 JSU
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
TROY000019816 Calhoun 13 Mar 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11678		 TROY
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
UWAL0014991 Bullock 22 Feb 2012 Dykes, Bailee
316		 UWAL
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
ALNHS00005139 Montgomery 29 MAR 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3313		 ALNHS
Vicia lathyroides L.
TROY000046226 Dallas 22 Mar 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28115		 TROY
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
SAMF0001918 Dale 24 Feb 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
14948		 SAMF
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
UNA00064400 Dale 24 Feb 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
14948		 UNA
Vicia lathyroides L.
AUA000014358 Autauga 15 Apr 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
459		 AUA
Vicia Lathyroides L.
UNA00066984 Sumter 14 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3374		 UNA
Vicia lathyroides L.
TROY000019715 Tuscaloosa 18 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3402		 TROY
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
TROY000053644 Houston 03 Mar 2022 Diamond, Alvin R.
29816		 TROY
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
UNA00008840 Autauga 15 Apr 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
459		 UNA
Vicia lathyroides L.
AUA000014360 Dale 24 Feb 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
14948		 AUA
Vicia Lathyroides L.
TROY000019818 Sumter 14 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3374		 TROY
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
TROY000032015 Montgomery 28 Feb 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21156		 TROY
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
UWAL0046987 Autauga 14 Mar 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
467		 UWAL
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
TROY000038540 Bullock 22 Feb 2012 Dykes, Bailee
316		 TROY
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
UWAL0037139 Calhoun 25 Apr 2016 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14569		 UWAL
Vicia lathyroides L.
TROY000043709 Henry 21 Feb 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27186		 TROY
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
AUA000014362 Lee 8 Apr 1969 Moore, Harold D.
056-69		 AUA
Vicia Lathyroides L.
UWAL0002890 Montgomery 20 Mar 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21791		 UWAL
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
TROY000019693 Pike 18 Mar 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
18793		 TROY
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
UWAL0007178 Tuscaloosa 18 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3402		 UWAL
Vicia lathyroides L.
UNA00061190 Tuscaloosa 14 Mar 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11681		 UNA
Vicia lathyroides L.
JSU140749 Etowah 19 Mar 1995 Hodge, Lesley M.
4084		 JSU
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
TROY000045016 Autauga 14 Mar 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
467		 TROY
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
ALNHS00005608 Calhoun 25 Apr 2016 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14569		 ALNHS
Vicia lathyroides L.
UWAL0002233 Montgomery 28 Feb 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21156		 UWAL
Vicia lathyroides L.
UNA00061186 Calhoun 13 Mar 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11678		 UNA
Vicia lathyroides L.
TROY000005766 Coffee 17 Jan 2001 Martin, Brian H.
1019		 TROY
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
UWAL0047107 Autauga 06 Feb 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1499		 UWAL
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
TROY000005768 Dale 24 Feb 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
14948		 TROY
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
UWAL0007177 Sumter 14 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3374		 UWAL
Vicia lathyroides L.
TROY000032741 Montgomery 20 Mar 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21791		 TROY
Vicia lathyroides Linnaeus
AUA000014361 Houston 9 Feb 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
5674		 AUA
Vicia Lathyroides L.
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