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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Vicia acutifolia Ell.
Sand vetch, Fourleaf vetch

Vicia acutifolia
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Family: Fabaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Vine

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States and the northern Bahamas.

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Apparently Secure

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: For more images, click on the Atlas of Vascular Plants link below.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Reported

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported only in 1913 by John Kunkel Small for limestone sinkholes in the lower Keys.

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Vicia acutifolia
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Vicia acutifolia
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley