Flora of Pennsylvania

Vicia caroliniana

One of the two native vetches, found in rich woods, often on limestone rock

Vicia caroliniana wood vetch

Plant grows in the wild/spontaneouslyPlant is native to PA

Trailing perennial with slender, hollow, hairy stems and loose racemes.  Flowers are white with a blue keel, giving flowers a lavender tint. Found growing in rich woods, often on limestone.

Grows in rich woods and thickets, often on limestone.

See distribution at BONAP map.

Wetland codes
EMP: FACU
NCNE: UPL



Flowers April to June.

Flowers  lose racemes, shorter than the subtending leaf, 8-10 flowers per raceme, white with a blue keel, giving the flowers lavender/purple tint.

Leaves  compound, 10-20 leaflets, stipules entire

S-rank:  No rank
G-rank:  G5 (Secure)

Vicia caroliniana wood vetch

Plant grows in the wild/spontaneouslyPlant is native to PA
Vicia caroliniana gallery
Plant Life-Form
perennial herbaceous vine
Common Names
wood vetch Carolina wood vetch