Coronilla varia -- (Purple Crownvetch)


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 Scientific Name:  Coronilla varia
 Common Name:  Purple Crownvetch
 Other Common Names:  Crownvetch
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  Purple
 Plant Origin:  Introduced
 Soil Type prefered:  Sand, Loam
 Drought Tolerance:  High
 Flower Conspicuous:  Yes
 Soil Fertility Requirement:  Medium
 Moisture Use:  Medium
 Shade Tolerance:  Intolerant
 Active Growth Period:  Spring, Summer
 Anaerobic Tolerance:  None
 Calcium Carbonate Tolerance:  Low
 Bloom Period:  Late Spring
 Commercial Availability:  Routinely Available
 Cold Stratification Required:  No
 Fall Conspicuous:  No
 Frost Free Days, Minimum:  130
 Foliage Color:  Green
 Fruit/Seed Abundance:  Medium
 Fruit/Seed Period Begin:  Spring
 Fruit/Seed Conspicuous:  No
 Fruit/Seed Period End:  Summer
 Fruit/Seed Color:  Red
 Fruit/Seed Persistence:  No
 Fire Tolerance:  High
 Foliage Texture:  Medium
 Growth Form:  Rhizomatous
 Growth Habit:  Vine, Forb/herb
 Growth Rate:  Moderate
 Height, Mature (feet):  3
 Leaf Retention:  No
 Low Growing Grass:  No
 Life Span:  Long
 Nitrogen Fixation:  High
 Max. Planting Density/Acre:  43560
 Min. Planting Density/Acre:  19000
 pH (Maximum):  7.5
 pH (Minimum):  5
 Precipitation (Minimum):  26
 Protein Potential:  High
 Resprout Ability:  No
 Root Depth, Min. (inches):  12
 Salt Tolerance:  None
 Shape and Orientation:  Decumbent
 Small Grain:  No
 Seed per Pound:  138160
 Seed Spread Rate:  Slow
 Seedling Vigor:  Low
 Temperature, Minimum (F):  -28
 Toxicity:  None
 Vegetative Spread Rate:  Rapid
 Propagation:  Seed, Sprigs
 Palpable: (eatable)

 Uses:  Fodder
 Category:  Dicot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Magnoliopsida
 Order:  Fabales
 Family:  Fabaceae
 Genus:  Coronilla

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