Hairy Vetch

Scientific Name:   Vicia villosa


Native to Europe and western Asia.

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Hairy Vetch


Genus species: Vicia villosa
Common Name: Hairy Vetch
Family Name: Fabaceae  
Herbaceous or woody plants; leaves alternate or basal, simple or compound, stipulate, the petiole and petiolule base typically swollen; flowers bisexual, mostly irregular, in various clusters; fruit a legume.
Seed Type Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Vine
Flower Color:Violet/Blue
Identified by:A. Swanson
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