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Vetch, Crown

Securigera securidaca     Fr: Securigera Securidaca

Aka: Coronilla securidaca. Low to short sprawling to ascending annual, hiarless. This yellow-flowered plant is part of the pea family, grouped with the vetches. Its spreading, branched stems are hairless. Latin: [Bonavenia securidaca, Securigera securidaca]

Flowers. Apr-June

Flower. Up to 8 yellow flowers, 4-8 mm long, are clustered in a circular ring.

Leaves. The leaves stalks have up to 7 pairs of opposite leaflets, sometimes notched at the ends.

Habitat. Cultivated or waste ground, along ditches and streams, waysides.

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