Wildflowers Identified: Cow or Tufted Vetch
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Cow or Tufted Vetch has these characteristics:
- irregular petals: lipped, lopsided, not symmetrical
- cluster or spike of flowers (a spike is a long cluster, with the flowers along the stem)
- 1/8 of an inch or less flower width
- 1/8 to 3/8 inches flower width
- blue to purple flower color
- blooms in May
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- blooms in August
- plant height two feet or more
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
- alternate leaf arrangement on the stem
- smooth leaf edges
- branched leaf veins
- compound leaves are pinnate - leaflets arranged along a midrib
- stem creeps or twines
- stem is hairy or spiny
- stem is square
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Eric Haines,
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