Winter Vetch
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Scientific Name Vicia villosa
Family Name Bean ( Fabaceae )
 
Pealike Flowers

Weakly upright to sprawling perennial. To 40 inches.

Flower: To 3/4 in long, 5 petals, violet and white to occasionally solid white. Upper petal upright, side petals spreading. 5-20 flowers crowded on raceme from leaf axil.

Leaves: Alternate. Each blade divided in 5-10 opposite pairs. Threadlike tendril at leaf tip.
Reference:
Geyata Ajilvsgi Wildflowers of Texas p. 429
March - May
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