Fourleaf Vetch

By Alice Mary Herden on March 5, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

First time I have seen this flowering vine, the Fourleaf Vetch. This is a native plant and grows in and around moist areas.

Fourleaf Vetch | February 28 | Alice Mary Herden

Not a heat-loving type of plant, however, provides nectar for a variety of bees and butterflies during the cooler months in Florida.

Fourleaf Vetch | February 28 | Alice Mary Herden

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Links:

http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant.aspx?id=2647

https://whatfloridanativeplantisbloomingtoday.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/fourleaf-vetch-vicia-spp-likely-acutifolia/

http://www.wildsouthflorida.com/fourleaf.vetch.html#.XH5a0vZFx9A

Categories: Florida State Forest, Goethe State Forest, Host Plants, Native Plants

Tagged as: Florida, Flowering vine, Fourleaf Vetch, Goethe State Forest, Native Plants