deerpea vetch

Vicia ludoviciana var. ludoviciana

Member of slender vetch (Vicia ludoviciana)
vetches (genus Vicia)
vetches vs. vetchlings
legume family (family Fabaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

There are no other wild members of this species in California.

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• 1–3 flowers, near tip, generally crowded
• 4–10 leaflets, 10–25 mm, narrowly oblong to elliptic
• leaflet tip acute, 1-toothed, or occasionally truncate
• corolla 4.5–7 mm, pale blue [or deep blue] [or purple?]
• stem sprawling or low-climbing, 30–100 cm

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Chris’s observations: none

Not all sites agree about the scientific name:

• Vicia ludoviciana var. ludoviciana → iNaturalist – FNA
• Vicia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana → Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora