Let’s figure it out! Vetch sounds pretty cool, but do we even know what vetch is? Vetches are a member of the pea family, scientifically known as Fabaceae. This family is the third-largest plant ...

DESCRIPTION: The Peirson's milk vetch is a perennial herb with erect stems, eight to 36 inches long. Flower clusters contain five to 20 flowers with pink-purple petals, often white tipped. The fruit ...

CHICO — Crews from the city of Chico and the California Conservation Corps plan to hack down an invasive flower at a Chico park Thursday and Friday. The flower is vetch, which has pretty purple blooms ...

DESCRIPTION: The Lane Mountain milk vetch is a wispy perennial plant with a woody base, many branches, and weak stems that grow up to 20 inches long in a zigzag pattern. Its sparse leaves have between ...