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June 1, 2010
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Southeastern, New Hampshire
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Crown Vetch is a vine with alternate pinnately-compound leaves with
15 - 25 leaflets that are 1/2 - 3/4 inches long. There are obvious hairs on the back of
the stem. It flowers in June as a cluster of pink winged flowers forming a crown. The
stems of the flower (inner part of the cluster) are green with red streaks. Another
common vetch is profiled,
Cow Vetch. Notice that the Crown Vetch has wider leaflets with a much less prominent
leaflet mid-vein as compared to the Cow Vetch. Also, the Cow Vetch has a hairless stem.
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