Spring vetch
Common Name:
vetch, spring
Scientific Name:
Vicia lathyroides
Family:
Fabaceae
Lifecycle:
Annual
Features
Small winter annual species. Pinnately compound leaves. Leaflets <0.5 cm in diameter. Leaves with a grasping tendril at end of leaf. Flowers white to pink, small, solitary, bilaterally symmetrical. Producing a flattened short seedpod.
Description
Common along roadsides, pastures, and other infrequently mowed areas. Smallest, most diminutive of vetch species. Leaves narrow, thin. Forms a weak dense mat, weakly rooted.