hairy tare

Vicia hirsuta

Member of vetches (genus Vicia)
vetches vs. vetchlings
legume family (family Fabaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
pale purple, white in flowering plants

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• 2–8 flowers, crowded near tip, [axis not extended beyond flowers as bristle?]
• 10–16 leaflets, 5–15 mm, linear to narrowly elliptic, tip generally truncate, notched, or 1–5-toothed
• corolla 3–4.5 mm, dull white or pale blue [purple?]
• stem decumbent or climbing, slender

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Chris’s observations: none

Not all sites include this taxon:

• Vicia hirsuta → iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora
• not yet listed → FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora