CROWN VETCH
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Coronilla varia L.
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| Morris County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: To 3 feet (usually low) |
| Family: Fabaceae - Bean Family |
| Flowering Period: June, July, August |
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| Stems: | | Trailing to ascending, 1-3 feet long, branched, mostly glabrous, often forming dense tangled mats. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, odd-pinnately compound, stalked below, sessile above, 2 to 4 inches long; leaflets 9-25, egg-shaped, 1/2 to 3/4 inch long, less than 1/4 inch wide; margins entire. | | Inflorescences: | | Umbels, on stalks 2 to 6 inches long in leaf axils, 5-20-flowered. | | Flowers: | | Calyces 5-lobed; lower lobes 3, distinctly divided; upper lobes 2, nearly united, longer than lower lobes; corollas papilionaceous, to 1/2 inch long, petals pink, white or pinkish lavender; stamens 10, 9 united, 1 free. | | Fruits: | | Pods, narrow, finger-like, 1 to 2 inch long, 4-angled; seeds 3-12, smooth, brown. | | Habitat: | | Highway embankments, disturbed sites, and open waste areas. | | Distribution: | | East two thirds of Kansas. | | Origin: | | Native of the Mediterranean region. | | Uses: | | Often planted along roads for erosion control and is sometimes also used as an ornamental. |
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