Vicia tetrasperma

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Species Distribution Map
Family:FABACEAE
Species:Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
Common Name:Lentil Vetch; Slender Vetch; Four Seed Vetch
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:**
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:VITE
Plant Notes:Sparrow Vetch is an introduced spring annual in the Bean family (Fabaceae). It is native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia. In Alabama, it can be found statewide. Sparrow Vetch grows on roadsides, in lawns, in fields, and in pastures. It is an annual with a tap root. Stems are branched from near the base. The stems climb by way of tendrils. The stems are green in color and glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Leaves are alternate, pinnately compound with 4-10 leaflets, and glabrous. The leaflets are linear to oblong in outline with entire margins. The leaf terminates in a forked tendril. Flowers are produced in axillary racemes of 1-5 flowers. The flowers are papilionaceous, long pedicillate, and pale blue to white in color with the veins a darker blue color. The fruit is a flattened 4-5 seeded glabrous legume. This species is similar to, and sometimes confused with Tiny Vetch (Vicia hirsuta (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray). Tiny Vetch has 10-16 leaflets per leaf, 3-8 white flowers per raceme, 2 seed per legume, and the legume is pubescent. Like many other members of the Bean family, Sparrow Vetch has a symbiotic relationship with nodule forming bacteria on its roots that fix atmospheric nitrogen into a form that is used by the plant. Vetches are often planted as a green manure for this reason.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyFABACEAE - Pea/Bean family
Genus Vicia
Species Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb. - Lentil Vetch; Slender Vetch; Four Seed Vetch

Citation

Citation VICIA TETRASPERMA (Linnaeus) Schreber, Spic. Fl. Lips. 26. 1771.
Basionym: Ervum tetraspermum Linnaeus 1753.
Type: Without data, Magnol s.n. (lectotype: LINN 907.3). Lectotypified by Ali, Bot. Not. 120: 51. 1967.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Ervilia tetrasperma Ervilia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Opiz, Seznam 41. 1852.Ervum tetraspermum Linnaeus 1753. 
Ervum tetraspermum Ervum tetraspermum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 738. 1753. Without data, Magnol s.n. (lectotype: LINN 907.3). Lectotypified by Ali, Bot. Not. 120: 51. 1967.
Vicia gemella Vicia gemella Crantz, Stirp. Austr. Fasc., ed. 2. 5: 389. 1769.  

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Cleburne, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, Elmore, Etowah, Geneva, Greene, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lawrence, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Shelby, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL, UWFP

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1967 - 2021

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWAL0012176 Greene 25 Apr 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5897		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
TROY000005799 Montgomery 28 Mar 2004 Kral, Robert
94732		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UNA00025971 Mobile 20 Mar 1994 Mann, Carroll J.
61		 UNA
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
TROY000005797 Dallas 13 Apr 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16245		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UWAL0034941 Wilcox 05 Apr 2013 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
UWAL0014023 Bullock 28 Mar 2013 Dykes, Bailee
1538		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
TROY000005792 Coffee 28 Mar 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15038		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
USAM000006773 Mobile 02 Apr 1968 LeLong, Michel G.
4267		 USAM
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
AUA000014456 Crenshaw 1 Apr 1988 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
4347		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
TROY000034235 Clarke 06 Mar 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6311		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UNA00066747 Wilcox 18 Mar 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16178		 UNA
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
TROY000019702 Butler 27 Mar 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
18821		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
JSU140770 Shelby 04 Apr 1993 Whetstone, R. David
16206		 JSU
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UNA00045710 Houston 15 Apr 1995 MacDonald, John R.
8385		 UNA
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
TROY000043976 Lawrence 27 Apr 2015 England, J. Kevin
5432		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
AUA000014477 Montgomery 23 Mar 2005 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
15006		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
UWAL0050592 Montgomery 02 Apr 1967 Kral, R.
28205		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma
ALNHS00005749 Lee 05 Apr 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
CSP-413		 ALNHS
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
JSU140760 Cleburne 15 Jun 1983 Bussey, Melanie G.
724B		 JSU
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
AUA000014465 Lee 8 May 1979 CARTER, G.A.
092		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
TROY000019701 Henry 13 Apr 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
18981		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UNA00018446 Mobile _ _ 1878 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
UWAL0003101 Clarke 06 Mar 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6311		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
TROY000032253 Marengo 31 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1793		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
JSU140761 Etowah 26 Apr 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
1247		 JSU
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
AUA000014452 Butler 1 Apr 1988 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
4361		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
TROY000019733 Greene 07 Apr 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2766a		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UNA00066657 Butler 20 Mar 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17326		 UNA
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
TROY000028668 Marengo 23 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1696		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
JSU140763 Jackson 10 Mar 1974 Whetstone, R. David
2221		 JSU
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UNA00018445 Dallas 11 Apr 1969 Thomas, Joab L.
1938		 UNA
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
TROY000044920 Autauga 09 Mar 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
413		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
AUA000014455 Covington 24 Apr 1988 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
4593		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
UWAL0054285 Mobile 27 Mar 2021 Keener, Brian R.
12142		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
JSU140766 Lee 16 Apr 1973 Lynn, David
070		 JSU
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
AUA000014467 Lee 17 Apr 1964 CREEL, JOHN
 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
TROY000019699 Butler 13 Mar 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
18759		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
JSU140771 Talladega 27 May 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4023		 JSU
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UNA00018510 _ _ 1879 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
UWAL0009686 Lee 07 May 2009 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13162		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
TROY000005793 Coffee 03 May 2000 Martin, Brian H.
670		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
JSU140772 Talladega 18 Apr 1982 Whetstone, R. David
10920		 JSU
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
AUA000014461 Dale 1 Apr 2005 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
15050		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
TROY000005796 Dale 03 May 2000 Pennington, Tiffany
608		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UNA00064419 Montgomery 23 Mar 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15006		 UNA
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
ALNHS00009404 Madison 16 Apr 2024 Barger, T. Wayne
MSP-51		 ALNHS
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
UWAL0002072 Montgomery 13 Apr 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21246		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
AUA000024893 Dallas 13 Apr 2006 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
16245		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
TROY000043865 Covington 19 Mar 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27265		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
JSU140764 Jefferson 28 May 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
386		 JSU
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
AUA000014466 Lee 6 May 1969 GRIFFIN, J.W.
163		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
UWAL0007169 Marengo 23 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1696		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
AUA000014457 Crenshaw 31 Mar 1996 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
10158		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
TROY000038553 Bullock 28 Mar 2013 Dykes, Bailee
1538		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UWAL0007168 Marengo 27 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1751		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
AUA000014474 Monroe 11 Apr 1964 KRAL, ROBERT
19705		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
AUA000014471 Lee 9 May 1964 ALLEN, L.R.
 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
SAMF0001919 Clarke 06 Mar 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6311		 SAMF
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UWAL0051328 Mobile 26 Mar 1967 Deramus, Rebecca
D1044		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
AUA000014462 Elmore 27 Apr 1966 SCARSBROOK, ELLEN
48		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
AUA000014464 Lee 21 Apr 1964 ELDRIDGE, D.
 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
UWAL0002168 Chilton 13 Apr 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12828		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
AUA000014451 Barbour 16 Apr 1989 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
5814		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
UWAL0037012 Shelby 25 Mar 2017 England, J. Kevin
7222		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Schreber
TROY000019716 Tuscaloosa 18 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3403		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UWAL0007165 Clarke 11 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1657		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
TROY000044669 Geneva 17 Aug 2017 Byrd, Cameron
799B		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UWAL0007167 Marengo 21 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1793		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
AUA000014473 Macon 2 Apr 1967 RANKIN, H.TAYLOR
23		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
UWAL0032959 Covington 19 Mar 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27265		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
TROY000005801 Pike 01 Apr 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12328		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
JSU140765 Lee 29 Apr 1966 Berry, Robert
s.n.		 JSU
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
TROY000048214 Lowndes 04 Apr 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
28837		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
UWAL0038784 Clarke 13 Mar 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9358		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Schreber
UWAL0059374 Mobile 06 Apr 2021 Barger, T. Wayne
5465		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
UWAL0007164 Butler 20 Mar 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17326		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
AUA000014463 Lee 27 Apr 1970 MURCHISON, GROVER R.
073		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
UWAL0043881 Baldwin 28 Mar 2003 Larsen, Harry S.
1181		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
TROY000005798 Montgomery 23 Mar 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15006		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UNA00064790 Greene 07 Apr 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2766a		 UNA
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
AUA000014475 Montgomery 16 Mar 2006 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
16168		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
UWAL0017725 Houston 02 Apr 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26144		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
AUA000014453 Choctaw 4 May 1995 CROUCH, VIRGINIA E.
1377		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
TROY000005794 Crenshaw 26 Mar 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
11653		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
JSU140759 Chilton 27 Apr 1979 Whetstone, R. David
9699		 JSU
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
AUA000014454 Coffee 28 Mar 2005 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
15038		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
UNA00018444 Mobile 26 Mar 1967 Deramus, Rebecca
D1044		 UNA
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
TROY000019734 Lamar 06 Apr 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11175		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UWAL0007166 Jackson 30 Mar 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4136		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
AUA000014476 Montgomery 10 Apr 1988 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
4398		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
AUA000014472 Macon 8 Apr 1971 DONOVAN, LOIS A.
096		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
ALNHS00001839 Clarke 16 May 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1024		 ALNHS
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
UWAL0007171 Wilcox 18 Mar 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16178		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
AUA000014460 Dale 15 Apr 1992 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
8115		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
JSU140769 Marshall 22 Apr 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
1414		 JSU
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
TROY000005791 Butler 20 Mar 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17326		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UWFP010104 Baldwin 28 Mar 1992 James R. Burkhalter
13133		 UWFP
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
AUA000027991 Clarke 6 Mar 2011 KEENER, BRIAN R.
6311		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
UWAL0017999 Lawrence 27 Apr 2015 England, J. Kevin
5432		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
AUA000014478 Pike 5 Apr 1988 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
4394		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
ALNHS00006302 Lawrence 25 Apr 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4288		 ALNHS
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
UWAL0049873 Lowndes 04 Apr 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
28837		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
AUA000014459 Crenshaw 28 Apr 1969 KRAL, ROBERT
34599		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
AUA000020070 Bullock 24 Apr 2006 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
16294		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
UWAL0048228 Bullock 23 Mar 2018 Horne, Howard E.
4426		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Schreber
UWAL0058032 Jefferson 28 May 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
386		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Moench.
JSU140768 Marshall 05 May 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
3709		 JSU
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
AUA000014468 Lee 15 Apr 1963 ELKINS, DONALD M.
 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
UWAL0042737 Walker 10 Apr 2019 England, J. Kevin
10081		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Schreber
TROY000019700 Houston 10 Apr 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
18895		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UNA00058505 Tuscaloosa 04 May 2003 Keener, Brian R.
2556		 UNA
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
TROY000042399 Chilton 13 Apr 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12828		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UWAL0007170 Tuscaloosa 18 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3403		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
TROY000019735 Tuscaloosa 04 May 2003 Keener, Brian R.
2556		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UWAL0042725 Greene 29 Mar 2019 England, J. Kevin
10055		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Schreber
TROY000042356 Houston 02 Apr 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26144		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UWAL0036340 Mobile 15 Feb 2017 Horne, Howard E.
3681		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Schreber
TROY000005795 Dale 01 Apr 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15050		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
JSU140767 Lee 18 Apr 1964 Bozarth, Gene A.
s.n.		 JSU
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
TROY000005800 Montgomery 16 Mar 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16168		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UNA00064435 Dale 01 Apr 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15050		 UNA
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
TROY000005802 Wilcox 18 Mar 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16178		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UWAL0052011 Madison 11 Apr 2021 England, J. Kevin
11937		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
AUA000042697 Covington 11 Mar 2013 PANCAKE, JR., DALE C.
S.N.		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
JSU140762 Jackson 26 May 1999 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1855		 JSU
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
UWAL0046841 Autauga 09 Mar 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
413		 UWAL
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
TROY000005790 Bullock 24 Apr 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16294		 TROY
Vicia tetrasperma (Linnaeus) Moench
AUA000014458 Crenshaw 22 Apr 1988 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
4517		 AUA
VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) SCHREB.
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