Identified: "Vetch" with blue and white flowers: Vicia onobrychioides.

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Petrea

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Identified: "Vetch" with blue and white flowers: Vicia onobrychioides.

« on: July 03, 2009, 21:22 PM »

Unfortunately, the wind kept moving the flowers.......
noidea

Hope someone can recognize it anyway.

Sierra Nevada, N. side, ca 2000m

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Andres

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Re: ID "Vetch" with blue and white flowers

« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2009, 22:42 PM »

It could be Vicia onobrychioides.


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Petrea

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Re: ID "Vetch" with blue and white flowers

« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2009, 14:13 PM »

Hmm, I'm not sure! Huh

The stem of Vicia onobrychioides seems to be more erect. The colors of "my" speciemen were quite pure, both blue and white. Perhaps it is a very variable species???

Unfortunately, many of the "Googled" photos do not show the leaves. noidea


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Petrea

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Re: ID "Vetch" with blue and white flowers

« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2009, 14:27 PM »

Astragalus vesicarius is more the style, but does not fit exactly either.


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Andres

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Re: ID "Vetch" with blue and white flowers

« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2009, 21:15 PM »

It's not an astragalus, for sure.


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mick

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Re: ID "Vetch" with blue and white flowers

« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2009, 19:47 PM »

Hi Petrea.

I am no expert but I have a photo of a very similar looking plant (but leaves slightly blunter) taken in the Sierra Nevada and I have also called it Vicia onobrychioides, False Sainfoin but I could be very wrong. The colours of the plants I saw varied from almost white but not pure, to deep blue. I also photographed it back in May.

Mick.