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Photographer: Paul Drobot
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Family Fabaceae
Vicia villosa Roth
hairy vetch, winter vetch
Vicia: the classical Latin name for this genus
villosa: Latin for "with hairs"
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | climbing, annual/biennial, hairy, up to 3' long forb; stems with spreading hairs |
| Flower: | purple, 5-parted, 3/4" long, calyx base very swollen; inflorescence a dense, long-stalked, one-sided cluster (raceme) of 10-40, stalked flowers; blooms June-Aug. |
| Fruit: | 1/2"-3/4" long, smooth pod |
| Leaf: | pinnately-divided into 5-10 pairs of narrowly- oblong leaflets; leaf tips with tendrils |
| Habitat: | disturbed sites, fields; in sandy soil |
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