When I saw this flower, I knew immediately the plant was in the Pea Family (Fabaceae), and I guessed it might be an
Astragalus. But I had to look closer.
What I saw was that at the end each leaf, there wasn't a leaflet, but rather these tendrils, making this instead a
Vicia, in particular American milkvetch, also called common milkvetch,or wild pea (
Vicia americana).
After flowering, the plant will produce pods that contain a couple of pea-like seeds.
This widespread plant can be variable in size and shape of flowers and leaves. The leaves on these specimens were broader than some of the other photos I've seen on the Internet.
The Vicia was growing in patches on a rocky hillside. To learn more about milkvetch, click
here.
When I saw this flower, I knew immediately the plant was in the Pea Family (Fabaceae), and I guessed it might be an Astragalus. But I had to look closer.
What I saw was that at the end each leaf, there wasn't a leaflet, but rather these tendrils, making this instead a Vicia, in particular American milkvetch, also called common milkvetch,or wild pea (Vicia americana). 
After flowering, the plant will produce pods that contain a couple of pea-like seeds.
This widespread plant can be variable in size and shape of flowers and leaves. The leaves on these specimens were broader than some of the other photos I've seen on the Internet.
1 comment:
Glad it isn't crown vetch! http://www.in.gov/dnr/files/Crown_vetch.pdf
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