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Martin and Hutchins 1980

Duration: Perennial Nativity: Native Lifeform: Vine General: Slender, climbing perennial with stems to 80 cm long, often tangled and matted. Leaves: Pinnately compound with tendril at the apex, 10-16 leaflets, leaflets linear-oblong, loosely pubescent. Flowers: Peduncles shorter than leaves but many flowered, 6-20 in each raceme, calyx teeth much shorter than tube, corolla 5-8 mm long, creamy-white with banner purple-veined and keel purple tipped sometimes. Fruits: Pods glabrous, 25-30 mm long. Ecology: Found in moist soils from 6,000-8,500 ft (1829-2591 m); flowers July-September. Notes: Differs from V. americana by its cream-colored flowers, and from V. leucophaea by its perennial habit and many-flowered raceme. Ethnobotany: Unknown Etymology: Vicia is the classical Latin name for the genus, while pulchella is derived from the Latin, meaning beautiful. Synonyms: None Editor: SBuckley, 2010