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Sand vetch, Fourleaf vetch
Vicia acutifolia
Fabaceae
 

Copyright by: Shirley Denton

General Landscape Uses: A weedy native, but useful as a butterfly host plant.

Availability: Rarely grown by enthusiasts.

Range: Southeastern United States south to Miami-Dade County and the Monroe County mainland.

Plant Map Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.

Wildlife and Ecology: Larval host plant for barred yellow (Eurema daira) butterflies.

Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley


Other data on available from:

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants


 
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