***NY- Introduced***

    A common, but introduced, member of the pea family, Cow Vetch is a showy plant that is easy to identify.  Blooming in late spring to early summer Cow Vetch can be found growing on roadsides, grassland and waste areas.  It is a vine that winds around larger plants and forms a thick ground cover, the leaves are long and compound and end in a tendril.  The most distinctive feature of this plant is its large one-sided raceme of blue-purple flowers.