Vicia grandiflora

ClassificationDicots
FamilyFabaceae
Family (Traditional)Fabaceae
GenusVicia
Species:Vicia grandiflora Scop.
Common NameLarge Yellow Vetch
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: LC; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: vine - forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: Europe; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 1; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 10; Leaflet Number: 11; Leaflet Number: 12; Leaflet Number: 13; Leaflet Number: 14; Leaflet Number: 15; Leaflet Number: 16; Base Flower Color: White; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Legume; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: Yes; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 2; Ovules per Carpel: 3; Ovules per Carpel: 4; Ovules per Carpel: 5; Ovules per Carpel: 6; Ovules per Carpel: 7; Ovules per Carpel: 8; Ovules per Carpel: 9; Ovules per Carpel: 10; Ovules per Carpel: 11; Ovules per Carpel: 12; Ovules per Carpel: 13+; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 10
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Bath (KY), Bullitt (KY), Campbell (KY), Fayette (KY), Fulton (KY), Grant (KY), Hickman (KY), Madison (KY), Bradley (TN), Carter (TN), Dyer (TN), Giles (TN), Hamilton (TN), Knox (TN), Lincoln (TN), Rutherford (TN), Shelby (TN), Tipton (TN), Weakley (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, BOON, EKY, ETSU, KNK, TENN, UCHT, UTM

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1977 - 2005

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100716487 Bath Kentucky 19 Apr 1999 Gasdorf
30		 EKY
Vicia grandiflora
TENN-V-0131290 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Vicia grandiflora
31973000013298 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Vicia grandiflora
31973000013296 Grant Kentucky
KNK
Vicia grandiflora
TENN-V-0131281 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Vicia grandiflora
TENN-V-0131282 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Vicia grandiflora
TENN-V-0131280 Dyer Tennessee
TENN
Vicia grandiflora
APSC0016487 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Vicia grandiflora
UCHT032593 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Vicia grandiflora
UTM02538 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Vicia grandiflora
BEREA014418 Fayette Kentucky
BEREA
Vicia grandiflora
BEREA014419 Fulton Kentucky
BEREA
Vicia grandiflora
TENN-V-0131283 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Vicia grandiflora
TENN-V-0131286 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Vicia grandiflora
TENN-V-0131288 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Vicia grandiflora
31234100438553 Madison Kentucky 20 Apr 1977 Keith Richardson
50		 EKY
Vicia grandiflora
31234100438561 Madison Kentucky 20 Apr 2002 Ronald L. Jones
 EKY
Vicia grandiflora
TENN-V-0131287 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Vicia grandiflora
TENN-V-0131279 Bradley Tennessee
TENN
Vicia grandiflora
UTM00741 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Vicia grandiflora
UTM00742 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Vicia grandiflora
UTM02774 Hickman Kentucky
UTM
Vicia grandiflora
UTM00740 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Vicia grandiflora
017831 Knox Tennessee
BOON
Vicia grandiflora
017834 Shelby Tennessee
BOON
Vicia grandiflora
31234100438546 Fulton Kentucky 30 May 1990 Landon E. McKinney
4217		 EKY
Vicia grandiflora
ETSU008434 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Vicia grandiflora
TENN-V-0131284 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Vicia grandiflora
31234100438587 Shelby Tennessee 05 Jun 1979 Vernon M. Bates Jr.
950		 EKY
Vicia grandiflora
31234100438595 Tipton Tennessee 28 Mar 2005 Robert Oney
 EKY
Vicia grandiflora
31973000013297 Grant Kentucky
KNK
Vicia grandiflora
TENN-V-0131285 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Vicia grandiflora
APSC0073026 Knox Tennessee
APSC
Vicia grandiflora
APSC0068959 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Vicia grandiflora
TENN-V-0131289 Lincoln Tennessee
TENN
Vicia grandiflora
TENN-V-0131291 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Vicia grandiflora
APSC0016489 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Vicia grandiflora
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