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Vicia villosa Roth
winter vetch

   
Symbol: VIVI
Group: Dicot
Family: Fabaceae
Duration: Annual
Biennial
Perennial
Growth Habit: Vine
Forb/herb
Native Status:  
L48    I
AK    I
HI    I
CAN    I



   
Other common names:
  hairy vetch
  woollypod vetch
Photograph of Vicia villosa Roth
Jennifer Anderson. United States, IA, Scott Co., Davenport, Nahant Marsh. 2001.
 
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Distribution by State:
Vicia villosa Roth

Distributional Map for Vicia villosa Roth
Distribution Map Legend

Vicia villosa Roth distribution:
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (BC, MB, NS, ON, QC, YT)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY

 

Related Taxa:
Vicia villosa Roth

236 genera in Fabaceae, 69 species in Vicia
Distribution of Vicia villosa Roth ssp. eriocarpa (Hausskn.) P.W. Ball. .
Vicia villosa ssp. eriocarpa
Distribution of Vicia villosa Roth ssp. pseudocracca (Bertol.) Ball. .
Vicia villosa ssp. pseudocracca
winter vetch
Distribution of Vicia villosa Roth ssp. varia (Host) Corb.. . Image Available.
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
winter vetch
Distribution of Vicia villosa Roth ssp. villosa. . Image Available.
Vicia villosa ssp. villosa
winter vetch
Related Taxa Legend
 

Classification:
Vicia villosa Roth

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass   Rosidae
Order   Fabales
Family   Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus   Vicia L. – vetch
Species   Vicia villosa Roth – winter vetch
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Vicia villosa Roth

hairy vetch
winter vetch
woolly vetch

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

N'EAST Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York.
SWSS Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.
 

Introduced Information:
Vicia villosa Roth

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts.
 

 

 
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