Scientific Name
Coronilla varia

Common Name
Crown vetch; Purple crown vetch
Life Cycle: --



Height: 1 to 2 feet
Flower/fruit: Pink and white pea-like flowers in a head-like cluster arise from leaf axils; upper dilated petals; side petals are often whitish
Flowering Season: Summer to early fall
Foliage: 2 to 4 inch compound leaf; pinnately divided into 15 to 25 opposite, narrow ovate leaflets
Site: Waste places, roadsides, fields, meadows
Comments: Introduced from Europe
 
 

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