{"id":15567,"date":"2016-05-14T17:37:33","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T17:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=15567"},"modified":"2016-05-14T17:37:57","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T17:37:57","slug":"lifestyle-plant-identification-from-field-guide-american-vetch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/lifestyle-plant-identification-from-field-guide-american-vetch\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifestyle: plant identification from field guide: American vetch"},"content":{"rendered":"

The tutor shares another yard find.<\/h1>\n

A couple years back I was weeding the front chip patch. Sometimes I have to do so; it’s not my idea. However, it clears the ground for fresh plants to emerge.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I noticed a spindly plant with pinnate leaves. There were several of them, all less than 50 cm long and climbing among other plants. I was without a clue what they were, having never noticed anything like them. Though distinct upon examination, their tendency to intertwine with upright plants makes them easy to miss.<\/p>\n

The unknown plants with pinnate leaves turn out to be American vetch. They have blue-purple flowers, rather flat in one plane, but obovate in another. They are of the pea family; the flowers are similar.<\/p>\n

The guide says American vetch is perennial; the ones in my yard return each year.<\/p>\n

I’ll be sharing more yard finds of native plants:)<\/p>\n

Source:<\/p>\n

Pojar, Jim and Andy MacKinnon. Plants of Coastal British Columbia.<\/u> Vancouver:
  BC Ministry of Forests and Lone Pine Publishing, 1994.<\/p>\n

Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The tutor shares another yard find. A couple years back I was weeding the front chip patch. Sometimes I have to do so; it’s not my idea. However, it clears the ground for fresh plants to emerge. Anyway, I noticed …<\/p>\n

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