Narrow-leaved Vetch

Description:

Sprawling or climbing vine. Flowers small, pink to purple, resembling those of the garden sweet pea or edible pea. Leaves long, with long, narrow leaflets opposite each other. Last several leaflets missing, replaced by tendrils that wrap around other plants and help support the plant. Fruit a purple-black pea-like pod. Small, pink to purple flowers and tendril-tipped leaves are distinctive characteristics that make this plant easy to identify.

Habitat:

Open fields and waste places, a common weed of yards and gardens. This one was photographed at Phinizy Swamp Nature Park near Augusta (Richmond County, GA).

Notes:

It's also called Winter Vetch.