Vicia nigricans var. gigantea
Fabaceae
Giant Vetch
Sprawling or climbing, with very little or no hair. Leaf divided pinnately, with 16–24 leaflets pointed or rounded at tip and descending in size upward; main leaf vein ends in a tendril. Flowers on stalk, not as long as leaves, with 2–16 flowers clustered at tip. Flowers purple-red or variegated yellowish white. Seedpods black, hairless. Found along streambanks, coastal bluffs, at edges of forests near coast.
- Rarity: Locally Common
- Flowering Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer
- Flower Form: Pea flowers, Tendril-tiped leaves
- Life Cycle: Perennial
- Height: Vines 2–6 feet
- Habitat: Coastal, West-side Forest
- Found In: N Cascades NP, Olympic NP, West Gorge
- Native: Yes
- Latin Synonyms: Vicia gigantea
