Pronunciation: VIS-ee-a am-er-ik-AY-na
Common name: American vetch
Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
Habitat: Open places to 5000', occasionally higher,
in moist forest, along streams, disturbed areas, most
of cismontane California
Blooming period: April to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Vicia
2) americana