Vicia ludoviciana Nuttall ex Torrey & A. Gray var. ludoviciana. Common name: Louisiana Vetch. Phenology: Late Mar-May. Habitat: Woodlands, prairies, dunes, disturbed areas. Distribution: Georgia, Alabama, and Panhandle Florida west to Arkansas and c. Texas.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = GrPl, Tx; = Vicia ludoviciana Nuttall ssp. ludoviciana (race 1) — Lassetter (1984); = Vicia ludoviciana Nuttall ssp. ludoviciana (Race 1, ludoviciana) — Isely (1998); < Vicia ludoviciana Nuttall — S, S13, WH3; < Vicia ludoviciana Nuttall ssp. ludoviciana — K1, K4, NcTx, SE3; < Vicia ludoviciana Nuttall ex Torrey & A. Gray var. ludoviciana — FNA11.2. Basionym: Vicia ludoviciana Nuttall 1838
Links to other floras: < Vicia ludoviciana var. ludoviciana - FNA11.2
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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