#purple crown vetch

[kcdrummergirl]

Crown vetch

[turtle-of-pride]

flower rings i made this afternoon

[nohiketoosmall]

Today at Buffalo Creek Wildlife Preserve

After a long day of counting plants for my masters class project, and my partner doing ecological restoration work, both outdoors, both very sweaty, we decided to kick back and relax after dinner by identifying as many plants at a wildlife preserve as we could.

Before that, here is a list of the animals we saw while looking at the plants:

-Canada Geese

-Mallard ducks

-Swallow (tree?)

-Sparrow (spp. unsure)

-Redwing blackbirds

-Goldfinches

-Snowy egrets

-Great Blue heron

-Sandhill cranes

-Ladybugs* (ladybug larva?)

-Japanese beetle*

-Stinkbug (spp.?)

-Milkweed bug :)

-Monarch butterfly

-Muskrat

-Deer

-Bunnies!

-Little mouse/vole guy

Here is a list of plants (I'll start with the plants I added to iNat and then the other ones from memory); we did not attempt to identify most grasses/sedges/trees, this is mostly prairie plants and is not a complete list of plants in the region. I will include a little "?" for plants that we couldn't 100% determine or were only recommended through iNaturalist, and an asterisk for plants that are not native.

-false sunflower

-wild bergamot

-sawtooth sunflower

-purple prairie clover

-butterfly milkweed

-stiff-leaved goldenrod

-white campion*

-prairie crab apple (?)

-common milkweed

-common yarrow

-hackberry

-cottonwood

-queen anne's lace*

-oxeye daisy

-annual fleabane*

-prairie dock

-wild white indigo

-illinois bundleflower

-red clover*

-virginia mountain mint

-american senna

-rough cocklebur (*?)

-joe-pye weeds

-orange day-lily*

-ironweed

-oak (various)

-white sweetclover*

-yellow sweetclover*

-compass plant

-gray-headed coneflower/yellow coneflower

-purple coneflower

-cut-leaved teasel*

-canada thistle*

-bull thistle*

-birdsfoot trefoil*

-crown vetch*

-reed canary*

-big bluestem

-chicory*

-burdock*

-curly dock*

-cattails (may or may not be native*)

-vervain

-cup plant

-ragweed

-cut-leaved coneflower

-giant ragweed

-dogwood

-dogsbane

-tall goldenrod

-grass-leaved goldenrod

-virginia strawberry

-elm (?)

-prairie rosinweed

-orchard grass (?)*

-timothy grass (?)*

-switchgrass

-redtop

It was nice and late in the afternoon, cloudy, and there was rain forecasted but it didn't come until we were leaving (and even then it was barely drizzling). Overall we saw a lot of plants and animals! :)

[carolinawrenn]

Purple crown vetch (Securigera varia)

[lauralzielke]

Not my photo but I love it just the same! Posted @withregram • @krissmacd So love the spring wild flowers that carpet the fields, meadows and roadsides where I live 🌿🌸 This is part of a wildflower landscape I created to celebrate nature’s beauty. Included here are Viper’s bugloss, Poppies, Mallow, Love-in-a mist, Scabious, Crown daisies, Wild carrot, Purple vetch, Dagger flowers, Catch-a-fly, Tassel hyacinths. Busy week ahead but looking forward to spending a couple days on the west coast and seeing what wild flowers are still blooming there x https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg4RHSbuI4u/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ash3]

Tiny fragrant clouds

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Securigera varia, syn. Coronilla varia Common Name(s): Purple crownvetch Family: Fabaceae (pea) Life Cycle: Perennial Leaf Retention: Deciduous Habit: Forb, vine USDA L48 Native Status: Introduced Location: Plano, Texas Season(s): Spring

[clover-sky]

[boschintegral-photo]

Crown Vetch (Securigera Varia)

[hyssopandbee]

Purple crownvetch is quite invasive, but looked really pretty overtaking the meridians of this parking lot.

[fancystudentpeanutpie]

Have you ever seen a crown vetch? Look it up, it’s a really pretty flower. 

A few days ago, I was thinking about different flowers growing out of people cause that would obviously look really pretty right? One of the flowers I was using for that thought was crown vetch. And for the crown vetch one, obviously it would work best looking like an actual crown. 

So I was thinking about it again in class today and suddenly realized:

That, but KATHERINE. 

Katherine with the petals of a crown vetch growing out of her head like an actual crown. 

And it’s even better because crown vetch isn’t a flower you can get in vanilla. Meaning that you can do a lot with it that you can’t with something that was already in the game. 

Imagine: 

When Katherine first got her armor, she was confused about the weird indents on the inside of her crown. 

It was a few months before she’d learn why they were there. 

She started feeling this strange...sensation. In a ring around her head. She wouldn’t know how to describe it if she were to tell anyone about it. It wasn’t painful, but it wasn’t all that pleasant either. 

One day, about a week after this started, it finally happened. She simply woke up feeling...different. But right? That’s the best way she could describe it. 

She didn’t notice her new crown until she tried putting the other one on. She felt something against the other crown. That’s when she finally looked in the mirror. 

Confused, she went to the spring. Surely it knows what’s going on with her! 

And she was right. 

The spring said that crown vetch is the flower of the guardian of the overgrown. It’s HER flower. HER power. Only the guardian of the overgrown can obtain a crown vetch. Only SHE can obtain a crown vetch. 

Only she can make one grow. 

They don’t require seeds. She doesn’t need to plant them. She just needs to will herself to grow one on something sufficient. Like dirt, grass, a pot, sand, or even gravel. 

She can pick them up, but only her. Not even a silk touch pickaxe will work for anyone else. 

She can feel every time someone tries to break or even touch a crown vetch. Other people breaking her vetch gives her a shot of pain. Every. Single. Time. It’s not fun. 

But, most importantly, they’re magical. They all contain the same magic, which she now also possesses. 

And, as it turns out, she can make special, light purple dye out of these flowers. Dye which can be applied to wool, beds, and shulker boxes, enchanting them with her power as well. 

These new powers she has seem to be stronger than the aura of the overgrown. Perhaps it could help against Xornoth? 

This was a lot longer than l anticipated but I adore the idea so it’s worth it. 

[scriptflorist]

I have two characters (childhood friends and almost-lovers) who are seperated because one of them has been ill for a long time, and they can only get back into contact once they're recovered.

The other character manages to get him a flower, but that's the entire extend of communication available to them, and I can't seem to find a flower with appropriate meaning.

Is there maybe one that combines the sentiment of well-wishes with “I miss you”, or something like that?

I’m not sure a single flower would suffice in this situation to get the whole message across. Combining the meanings of two or three likely works a little better. In any case, here are some flowers that would make a good gift for your character’s long lost friend. Neither of these meanings exists verbatim in the flower language, however a message can be accomplished by association. The closest overall in meaning would be the last on this list – zinnias.

acacia – friendship, platonic love, secret love

arbor vitae – unchanging friendship, live for me

chervil – sincerity

coneflower (purple) – strength and health

coronilla – success crown your wishes, success to you

cudweed (american) – unceasing remembrance

ever-lasting – never-ceasing remembrance

fern – sincerity, fascination, magic, confidence, shelter

freesia – lasting friendship, trust, innocence

geranium (lemon) – unexpected meeting, tranquillity of mind

geranium (oak-leaved) – true friendship, friendship, lady, deign to smile

gillyflower – bonds of affection, lasting beauty

heart’s ease – you occupy my thoughts, think of me, forget me not

heart’s ease (purple) – you occupy my thoughts

honeysuckle (coral) – the colour of my fate

iris – message, I have a message for you, faith, wisdom, valour, promise in love

jasmine (carolina) – separation

jasmine (indian) – I attach myself to you, attachments

marianthus – hope for better days

milk vetch – your presence softens my pains

pansy – think of me, tender and pleasant thoughts, thoughts, merriment, you occupy my thoughts

pear tree – comfort

periwinkle – tender recollections, sweet/pleasing remembrance, early recollections, pleasure of memories, sweet memories

periwinkle (blue) – early friendship, pleasure of memory, sweet remembrance

petunia – your presence soothes me, thou art less proud than they deem thee

rose (daily) – thy smile I aspire to

rose (tea) – I’ll always remember

spearmint – warmth of sentiment

zinnia – thoughts of absent friends, I mourn your absence, absence

zinnia (mixed) – thinking of an absent friend

– Mod Jana

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[isthisabiology]

Hello! And welcome to my first official post on non-native/invasive species! These will mostly feature plants, since that is what I am most familiar with. I would like to do these weekly, but that depends on what I can dig up. So, without further ado, may I present:

Crown Vetch

The face of evil...

Crown vetch, also known as purple crown vetch, or Coronilla varia, is a legume native to Europe. It was brought to the U.S. and planted along roadsides to prevent erosion, which it does pretty well. It also grows fairly quickly and is not afraid to strangle the competition.

It's.... ALIVE!!!!!

This stuff is not as bad as the better known Kudzu... but that is not much of a compliment. In case it wasn't obvious from the leaves and flowers that this is a legume, check out these seed pods!

Each vine makes hundreds of seeds. In addition, it has an expansive root system. These traits make it great for ground cover... and horrible to try to eradicate. It is poisonous to horses, but cows and goats can eat it without any trouble.

So, how do you get rid of it?... Tenacity and vigilance. I try ripping it up by the roots before it has a chance to make any seed pods. You can also use goats and cattle to control it's population on private property, though this is not advisable for removing it from roadsides.)

Also... DON'T BUY THIS FOR YOUR GARDEN IF YOU LIVE IN A STATE THAT LISTS IT AS INVASIVE. You may think that you can keep it controlled in your own garden. And hey, you might. But will the people who get your garden when you get rid of the house stay as vigilant? Probably not. So please just... don't.

[grunfeld-bach]

🌸

The first thing one would notice, is the soft, distinctive scent of Gladiolus flowers, creamy white spikes creating a little crown on which the bouquet rests. The second, the pale cream Lilacs within the heart, an even stronger scent. Light pink Milk Vetch, still wild with the fuzz coating the caps, bends inward, the soft flowers almost covering the variegated Violets, little petals of white and purple. In the middle, one dark Damascena, lacy and magenta, the curling leaves making it an understated, yet noticeable center.

[jacks-tracks]

2022

New Years eve was surprisingly sedate, or else I,m getting deafer. True, the disco blared all night and all day, and the neighbours blasted homemade firework cannons that levitated me off the bed, but generally it was tranquillo. No sirens or gunfire, no screaming from the disfunctional couple down the street, and of course all us old folks were asleep by 10 anyway.

The cold snap (18 degrees!) passed and now it's the regular 30 each day. this is a seasonal desert, pouring steamy rain for 6 months, with hug surf,and flowering forest, then rainless, hot and dry for the rest of the year. The evergreen trees are sea grape and mango, while the upland bush drys to a crispy twisted grey green. This is spring, the migrant and local birds are nesting, all bright plumage in display, and very territorial. One sparrow tried very hard to fly with a big beak full of grass , and was quite indignant when i laughed. Yesterday, I saw 3 different hummingbirds in one bush, all drab, small, and very fast. New to the pool flock were a robin sized very orange headed bird with lemon yellow body and black wings with white stripes, and a male ladderbacked woodpecker who had an orange head and the checkered back in alternating black and brown flecks. First time I,ve seen a particular behaviour, he perched on a palm frond and hooked his tail down to grasp the branch. A squirrel had chewed open the top of coconuts, and the woodpecker took advantage of this to peck up a beakfull.

Flowers: Mostly seen here in the extensive gardens at Casa Dan.

Bouganvillea 20 feet tall, heavily covered in blooms: purple, white and red. They are very thorny, often trained to hedges or wall toppers, since they effectively stop intruders. Hummingbirds like to flit through the growth, catching insects, and gathering pollen.

Walls are covered with climbing vines, with tiny pink pea like flowers clustered like upright grapes.

Many trees have vetch like foliage, some with the white flowers in bell like clusters, some bearing peculiar pealike pods that start straight then curl into circles, at first green then, shading to pink, then red. The seeds are in a white seed coat which splits to show a black seed shaped like a watermelon seed.

There are thatch palms, fan palms royal palms and of course coco nuts with their spike like flowers pistils, and mat like fiber coated crowns.

Inside the garden are: heliconia, plumeria,bannanas,impatiens in pink and white, purple flowered trumpets on shrubs, variegated hibiscus with 6 inch blossoms yellow with an orange blush throat ,a very thorny bush with flat shaped pink flowers that fade to cream,"Earing of India "vines with red and white pendant bells, red fuzzy cigar bushes with 6 inch droopy cylindical flowers and flat leafed green leaf clusters, coleus edged with purple, wandering jew growing from dry cracks in the cement, domestic monstrosa vines varegated yellow and green, papaya, an upright shrub with citrus like waxy leaves and pink and red blossoms in clusters of 20,lobelia with delicate purple blue clusters of tiny flowers, an upright bush with dense green foliage and sprays of deep red close packed blooms, and oddest of all, a small tree that yields pods splitting open to pop out cotton buds, fluffy soft just like cotton. there are many more, and i cannot adequately describe the varieties but it's a wonderland once i start looking.

Dengue seems to have abated, but now a woman here has tested positive for covid. That couple do eat out all the time, so are at high risk. Supposedly covid numbers here are low, but the LA Times reveals that the testing rate in Mexico is 8 in 100,000. However, in Mexico City, antigen testing shows that 25 % of people tested have had covid. It is the hope that if Omicron is relatively benign, that if not herd immunity,(former president Trump called it "herd community") then at least the symptoms are less life threatening. I,ve just ordered a box of KN95 masks, and a friend has some antigen tests if I get symptoms. So, no dining out, trips to the swim beaches, or all night raves. Darn! I will go fishing tommorrow, but that is very outdoors, and may provide some fresh fish meals.

[ahedderick]

I had enough foresight at the end of summer to snap some reference pictures of August wildflowers for use in winter painting. This painting style is totally not me, but I tried it anyway just for fun. The background is impressionistically blurred and I used actual purple, which I never do. My tube of dioxazine purple lies forlorn and unused in the bottom of my paint drawer most of the time, but this seemed like the time to open it up and splash it around a bit. Flowers involved are; 

Queen Anne’s lace, chickory, bee balm, birdsfoot trefoil, goldenrod (godblessyou if you sneezed) and crown vetch.

Also involved are two skipper butterflies, brown with white and orange splotches. Happy winter-spring, from last summer!