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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Fabaceae
Vicia caroliniana Walter
Carolina vetch, pale vetch, wood vetch
Vicia: the classical Latin name for this genus
caroliniana: from Carolinas
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | climbing or trailing, perennial, up to 3' long forb |
| Flower: | white to blue, 5-parted, 1/3"-1/2" long, calyx base mostly not swollen; inflorescence a loose, stalked cluster (raceme) with 7-20 stalked flowers; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | pod |
| Leaf: | pinnately-divided into 5-10 pairs of elliptical leaflets, leaf tips with tendrils |
| Habitat: | moist; woods, thickets |
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