*Securigera varia (Linnaeus) Lassen. Common name: Crown-vetch. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Roadbanks, woodland borders. This species is widely used to stabilize roadcuts. Distribution: Native of Europe.
Origin/Endemic status: Europe
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, FNA11.1, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, NY, Tn, Va, Isely (1998); = Coronilla varia L. — C, F, Fl3, G, GrPl, NcTx, NS, Pa, POWO, RAB, SE3, W, WH3, WV, (basionym); = n/a — Tat
Links to other floras: = Securigera varia - FNA11.1
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Trailing to ascending perennial of road banks, woodland borders, fields, rocky stream sides and disturbed floodplains. Native of Europe that persists around (or spreads from) erosion-control plantings, sometimes spreading far, especially in alluvial habitats.
Stems: Stems occasionally branched, smooth to sparsely hairy, leaning on other plants for support.
Leaves: Leaves alternate; sessile and with a pair of tiny stipules at base; about 6 in. long; pinnately divided into 11-25 leaflets, each oblong in shape with bluntly rounded tip, about 3/4 in. long and smooth.
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Flowers: Flowers in umbels (10-25 flowers each) on long stalks arising from upper leaf axils; pink or white; about 1/2 in. long; with typical pea-flower shape, including an upright "banner" petal that is often a darker shade of pink than the rest of the corolla.
Fruits: Fruit an erect, linear, 4-angled pod with 1-7 segments and a long, pointed beak.
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Height: 1-3 ft. (long)
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description: Trailing to ascending perennial of road banks, woodland borders, fields, rocky stream sides and disturbed floodplains. Native of Europe that persists around (or spreads from) erosion-control plantings, sometimes spreading far, especially in alluvial habitats.
stems: Stems occasionally branched, smooth to sparsely hairy, leaning on other plants for support.
leaves: Leaves alternate; sessile and with a pair of tiny stipules at base; about 6 in. long; pinnately divided into 11-25 leaflets, each oblong in shape with bluntly rounded tip, about 3/4 in. long and smooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in umbels (10-25 flowers each) on long stalks arising from upper leaf axils; pink or white; about 1/2 in. long; with typical pea-flower shape, including an upright "banner" petal that is often a darker shade of pink than the rest of the corolla.
fruits: Fruit an erect, linear, 4-angled pod with 1-7 segments and a long, pointed beak.
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