Common
name: American Vetch
Latin name: Vicia americana
Annual/Perennial: Perennial Flowers: May to August
Flower size: 1"
Found in: Plains to Montane
Height: 12" to 18" vines
Invasive: No
Native species: No Useful in garden: No
Image taken: Highway 73 in Evergreen
Pictured
Wildflower: American Vetch - Vicia americana
Wildflower
Field notes: Several members of the Vetch and Locoweed
families look quite similar making them difficult to tell apart.
American Vetch can be found growing in sunny dry areas along roads
and hillsides.
