American vetch
(Vicia americana)
Overview • Description • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Taxonomy |
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| Kingdom | Plantae (green algae and land plants) | ||
| Subkingdom | Viridiplantae (green plants) | ||
| Infrakingdom | Streptophyta (land plants and green algae) | ||
| Superdivision | Embryophyta (land plants) | ||
| Division | Tracheophyta (vascular plants) | ||
| Subdivision | Spermatophytina (seed plants) | ||
| Class | Magnoliopsida (flowering plants) | ||
| Superorder | Rosanae | ||
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Fabales (legumes, milkworts, and allies) | ||
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Fabaceae (peas, legumes) | ||
| Subfamily | Faboideae (Papilionoideae) | ||
| Tribe | Fabeae (peas, vetches, and allies) | ||
| Genus | Vicia (vetch) | ||
| Subgenus | Vicilla | ||
| Section | Americanae | ||
Subordinate Taxa |
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American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana) Mexican vetch (Vicia americana ssp. mexicana) mat vetch (Vicia americana ssp. minor) |
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Synonyms |
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Common Names |
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American deervetch American purple vetch American vetch |
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American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana) |
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| Vicia americana Matt Lavin |
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About
Native rhizomatous perennial herb, stems climbing by means of leaf tendrils, leaflets serrate at least distally, terminal leaflet is reduced to a tendril, racemes usually few-flowered, pod laterally compressed with multiple lenticular seeds, common in sagebrush steppe, grasslands, including roadsides and any open dry area with moderate levels of disturbance. |
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