Vicia cracca
 
Tufted Vetch

Flower Side

Saltcoats Regional Park
27-July-2007

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Cracca:  Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora, Flora of Alberta, and Flora of the Great Plains leading to this species.
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plants perennial; NOT [plants annual]

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glabrous or sparsely appressed pubescent; NOT [villous with more or less long-spreading pubescence]

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flowers many in a raceme; NOT [flowers 1 or 2 (seldom 4) in the upper leaf axils]

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raceme more or less one-sided

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raceme with 10-40 flowers; NOT [raceme with 2-9 flowers]

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raceme dense; NOT [raceme loose]

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pedicel appearing basal or from one side at base; NOT [pedicel appearing ventral]

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calyx slightly gibbous; NOT [calyx conspicuously gibbous at base]

 
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Vicia: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus.
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herbs; NOT shrubs

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plants climbing

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terminal leaflet replaced by a tendril; NOT [terminal leaflet normal]

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wings of flower coherent with the keel ; NOT [wings of flower free from the keel]

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style filiform; NOT flattened

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style bearded at the tip ; NOT [style bearded along the inside]

 

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Leguminosae:  Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this family.  
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herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]

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plants terrestrial or semi-aquatic; NOT [plants aquatic, leaves submerged or floating]

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plants NOT with colored milky juice

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plants with more than one normal leaf

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some or all leaves alternate; NOT [leaves opposite, whorled, or basal]

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leaves with stipules

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calyx regular

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flowers with two floral rings, and with each petal distinct from the others

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flowers irregular in shape

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corolla pea-like; NOT [corolla with one petal spurred or sac-like]

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stamens usually separate or partly so; NOT [stamens united into a column]

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fruit a legume; NOT [fruit a 3-valved capsule]