The photo above shows a close-up of the flowers
of american vetch as seen at an elevations of about 4020' along Rd K6900 just
below a DNR rock quarry atop the ridge dividing the Cougar and Dairy Creek drainages........July
10, 2005.
The photo above shows a close-up of the pistil
and densely bearded tip of the style (looks like a whitish bottlebrush at upper
right) which helps distinguish this species from the very similar peavines or
leafy peas (genus
Lathyrus) which
have hairs along only one side of the style.
The photo above shows american vetch as seen
at an elevations of about 4020' along Rd K6900 just below a DNR rock quarry
atop the ridge dividing the Cougar and Dairy Creek drainages........July
10, 2005.