| Author | L. | |
| Distribution | Throughout the state, probably in every county.
Native of Mediterranean Europe; in N.A. throughout, except the Far North. | |
| Abundance | Common to very common; frequent in the Mountains. | |
| Habitat | Roadsides, fields, meadows, yard weed, lawn weed, vacant lots, clearings, disturbed ground. | |
| Phenology | Flowering March-October. | |
| Identification | Garden Vetch usually grows rather erect and 1-2 feet tall (reportedly to 3 feet). Leaves are divided into 4-8 pairs of leaflets that vary from elliptic to obovate and with a nearly truncate tip, to narrowly elliptic to linear and taper-pointed. The flowers occur in leaf axils, generally sessile, 1-3 cm long, red-purple (not bluish or violet) -- usually just 1-2 flowers in bloom at a time in each axil. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | The various entities within Garden Vetch have been treated in the past in different ways, as varieties, subspecies, or at least 2 species. We lump them here for convenience. A synonym is V. angustifolia.
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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| USACE-agcp | FACU link |
| USACE-emp | FACU link |
