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blakrab Centex likes 2 comments on a discussion: Bipinnate Vetch?
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Jay 6a Chicago

The 3 most common Vicia species in Dallas are V. sativa, V. villosa and V. ludoviciana. Vicia sativa has the very conspicuous sharp thorn-like tips on it's leaflets, and is more sparsely blooming, with only 1 or 2 flowers per vine instead of a larger cluster. This is Vicia sativa. There is a subspecies Vicia sativa subsp. nigra. Checking for subspecies requires a ruler.


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floraluk2

I'd go with sativa given the visible leaf points and sparse flowers.

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Jay 6a Chicago

Are you sure this vetch is trifoliate? It looks bifoliate to me. The stems appear to be winged? Lathyrus hirsutus, is the most common Lathyrus in Dallas. Lathyrus pucillus is rarer. Lathyrus hirsutus produces a very hirsute seed pod. The stems shoul be winged on L. hirsutus, but I can't verify that with these 2 photos.



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blakrab Centex commented on a discussion: 3-Lobed Leaf Vine?
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blakrab Centex

^ But, what if the middle lobe is shorter than the wings?

Because I just found another similar one at a local park...also with a slightly-shorter middle lobe. Are these maybe just Passiflora lutea with longer lobes?


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Jay 6a Chicago

Passiflora lutea and Passiflora imcarnata are the only species in the Dallas area. Their leaf lobe lengths can be variable, but if you look at photos of both, Passifora lutea leaf lobes are always rounded, and Passiflora incarnata leaf lobes always end in a sharp point, so this vine is Passiflora incarnata.

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blakrab Centex likes 2 comments on a discussion: Missouri Violet?
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Jay 6a Chicago

Scutellaria ovata

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Jay 6a Chicago

What's the difference between your featured plant, and the photo of what S. ovata should look like? There's a lot of varience in leaf shapes. Your featured plant has shorter, rounder leaves, but plants with longer, narrower leaves seem to be more common. Other than the leaf shapes, the leaf veining, stems, and pubescence all match Scutellaria ovata. Scutellaria ovata is the only species that resembles your plant, when I do a search of all species in Lamiaceae for Dallas? The link gives ID tips. The rhizomes look unusual. They resemble the edible Stachys tubers that look like giant beetle grubs.https://anps.org/2018/07/11/know-your-natives-heart-leaf-skullcap/



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blakrab Centex likes a comment on a discussion: Little Bluestem?
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laceyvail 6A, WV

It's Andropogon virginicus, commonly known as broom sedge. Around here it's a sign of poor pastures. it's not Little Bluestem.

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dirt_farmer

From the pics that looks like turkey tail. There are some lookalikes to this mushroom.

If you google "Totally True Turkey Tail Test" there is a much repected Mycologist that can definately nail it down for you. I could have included this as a link but not everyone wants their pages linked too, and I respect this possibility.

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