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§1 Plant
Securigera varia (L.) Lassen
vernacular crownvetch — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Securigera
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 491 counties across 32 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -35 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 130 min.
- Precipitation
- 20–65 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.8–7.8
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Purple
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- Medium
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 138,160
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- High
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 491 counties across 32 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 15 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 37 I ▾
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DuPage 17043
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Hardin 17069
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Macon 17115
- Marion 17121
- McDonough 17109
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 52 I ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Cherokee 20021
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Ellsworth 20053
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Kingman 20095
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Rice 20159
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 39 I ▾
- Allen 21003
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Bourbon 21017
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Garrard 21079
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Kenton 21117
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- Montgomery 21173
- Oldham 21185
- Pendleton 21191
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Shelby 21211
- Trimble 21223
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 5 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 4 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 32 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Ulster 36111
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 20 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 30 I ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Dauphin 42043
- Erie 42049
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 26 I ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Blount 47009
- Clay 47027
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Jackson 47087
- Jefferson 47089
- Knox 47093
- Macon 47111
- Marshall 47117
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Overton 47133
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Union 47173
- Washington 47179
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Vermont view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 53 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Goochland 51075
- Greene 51079
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- Loudoun 51107
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
West Virginia view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 34 I ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Marinette 55075
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Pierce 55093
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- Taylor 55119
- Walworth 55127
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SEVA4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5350005 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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