Vicia caroliniana wood vetch

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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.

Habitat & Range

Grows in rich woods and thickets, often on limestone.

See distribution at BONAP map.

Wetland codes

EMP:	FACU
NCNE:	UPL

Phenology

Flowers April to June.

Characteristics

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

Plant Codes

S-rank: No rank
G-rank: G5 (Secure)

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