Fabaceae
Sweetclover vetch
Vicia pulchella
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vicia
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Vicia pulchellaFabaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Sweetclover vetch
Synonyms
- Cracca pulchella (Kunth) Alef.
- Ervum pulchellum (Kunth) Stank.
- Vicia canifolia Standl.
- Vicia melilotoides Wooton & Standl.
- Vicia pulchella subsp. pulchella
- Vicia subulata Moc. & Sessé ex Steud.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.