HARPER'S GUIDE TO WILD FLOWERS 



L. violacea.— Unlike the last in that the stem is erect, ascend- 

 ing, much branched. Flowers, in scattered panicles on the 

 branches. Corolla, violet purple. Pod, ovate, acute. Leaflets, 

 3) petioled, obtuse, small. Stem, i to 3 feet high. August and 

 September. 



Dry soil, New England to Florida. 



L. Sttfveu — Stem, covered with down, erect, stiff, with few 

 branches but many leaves, 2 to 4 feet high. Flowers, numerous, 

 both kinds in axillary, almost sessile clusters. Late summer. 



Dry, sandy soil, Long Island to Virginia and westward. 



L. <virg'mica. — Stem, simple, erect, sometimes branched. Leaves 

 and both kinds of flowers thickly clustered on the stem, which is 

 1 to 3 feet high. 



Time and habitat same as last. 



L. capitata has globular heads with yellowish white corollas, 

 a purple spot in the standard. Peduncles, short. Flowers dense- 

 ly clustered in the upper axils. Stem, softly downy, 2 to 5 feet 

 high. Leaves, sessile, with small stipules. August and Septem- 

 ber. 



Dry fields everywhere in our range. 



L. angustifolia has linear, 3 - foliate leaves on short petioles, 

 and flowers on long peduncles, in narrow, oblong heads. 2 to 3 

 feet high. August and September. 



Dry, sandy soil, Massachusetts to Florida and westward. 



Many of the bush clovers are pretty plants, with fine, 

 delicate foliage. Others are tall and stiff, with short- 

 stemmed leaves and rigid heads of flowers. The genus may 

 be known by the 3 -foliate, clover-like leaves and smooth, 

 1 -seeded, single or double-jointed pods. The pods of the 

 nearly related desmodiums have several joints, and they 

 are rough, clinging to the clothing. 



Spring Vetch. Tare 



Vicia satvva. — Family, Pulse. Color, light purple. Calyx, 5- 

 cleft. Corolla, papilionaceous. Flowers, large, one or a pair in 

 the upper leaf-axils, showy. Leaves, pinnate, of 5 to 7 pairs, the 

 leaflets narrow, tipped with a tendril. Stipules, broad. Petioles, 

 short. July and August. 



This is the common tare that springs up in cultivated 



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