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Spring Vetch
Vicia sativa
35.5479, -87.552
Field Notes
Description:
Small pink flowers, with blossoms perhaps 1/2 inch wide. It has little tendrils that twist around grass/other plants.
Habitat:
Edge of woods
Notes:
In the pea family. From the referred web-site: "These plants have small, round, black "cups" on the stems that attract ants. These glands (extrafloral nectaries) protect the flowers from being entered by nectar-robbing ants. The seeds of Vicia species contain the tongue-twisting toxin beta-cyano-L-alanine."
Reference Links:
Spring Flowers - Roadsides - Pink, Red, Maroon, Brown
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedAugust 27, 2015
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