| Author | L. | |
| Distribution | Rather erratically distributed in the Coastal Plain, Sandhills, and lower half of the Piedmont.
Native of Europe; in N.A. Atlantic and Gulf states, MI, CA, WA, B.C. | |
| Abundance | Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont. | |
| Habitat | Roadsides, fields, lawn weed, churchyard, edge of parking lot, edge of sidewalk, maritime sandflat (Dare Co.), waste area, granitic flatrock margin (Franklin Co.). | |
| Phenology | Flowering March-June. | |
| Identification | Spring Vetch has prostrate to ascending, few to many, branches up to a foot tall. The leaves have 2-4 pairs of slender to broad leaflets. Flowers are in upper axils, solitary or paired, pale violet to blue, 5-8 mm long. Plants of V. sativa are taller, the leaflets are larger, and the flowers are larger (greater than 10 mm) and red-purple. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | | |
| Other Common Name(s) | | |
| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
| State Status | | |
| US Status | | |
| USACE-agcp | | |
| USACE-emp | | |
