Hairy Vetch
Vicia villosa

Family: Pea (Fabaceae)
AKA: Winter Vetch, Fodder Vetch
Photo taken on: May 18, 2009
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Life Zones: Plains to montane
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas

Grows to 3 feet high in sprawling colonies. Leaves have 5 to10 pairs of leaflets with scattered white hairs and a tendril at the tip which is used for support. Up to 20 nodding blue-violet flowers grow in a one-sided spike on a hairy stem.