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Cow Vetch

Vicia cracca

Description:

california wild flower

2 Species ID Suggestions

tocorpus11
tocorpus11 12 years ago
Cow vetch
Vicia cracca
tocorpus11
tocorpus11 12 years ago
Hairy Vetch
Vicia villosa


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5 Comments

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

It was hard to choose between Cow vetch and American Vetch.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

tocorpus,i will scan the other pictures to see if it has a hairy stem.
Your help in identification is greatly appreciated.

tocorpus11
tocorpus11 12 years ago

Possibly the Hairy Vetch,(Vicia villosa), Or Cow vetch(Vicia cracca) if it lacks a hairy stem

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Thanks werdgent. the leaves do look like vetch.
It can be very puzzling so I really appreciate your help.

barbarossa
barbarossa 12 years ago

Maybe some type of vetch. Vicia genus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicia

Maybe V. americana

HemaShah
Spotted by
HemaShah

Tulare, California, USA

Spotted on Apr 23, 2012
Submitted on Apr 23, 2012

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