Vicia sativa |
Vicia americana |
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common vetch, spring vetch, tare |
American vetch |
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Habit | Plants annual, 3–10 dm. | Plants perennial, 1–10 dm. |
Leaves | leaflets 8–14; ovate-oblong to linear, 15–30 × 5–15 mm; surfaces abaxially sparsely pubescent, adaxially glabrous; rachises 3–8 cm; stipules foliose, with abaxial nectariferous patch. |
leaflets 8–18; ovate or elliptic to linear, 15–35 × 1–14 mm; surfaces glabrous to finely pubescent; rachises 2–8 cm; stipules inconspicuous. |
Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered; < subtending leaves. |
5–9-flowered, 2–8 cm, usually > subtending leaves. |
Flowers | 10–30 mm; calyx bases symmetrical; lobes subequal; ? tubes; corollas violet-purple, lavender, or whitish, glabrous; banners abruptly contracted into narrow claws; styles abaxially compressed. |
12–25 mm; calyx bases symmetrical; lobes unequal; < tubes; corollas bluish purple, rarely white, glabrous; banners oblong, constricted between blades and claws; blades wider than claws; styles abaxially compressed. |
Fruits | 25–60 × 3–11 mm; reddish brown to black, glabrous or pubescent, sessile. |
distally asymmetrical, upcurved, 25–35 × 5–6 mm; tawny to brown, glabrous or pubescent; stipes to 5 mm. |
Vicia sativa |
Vicia americana |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Worldwide. 7 varieties; 2 varieties treated in Flora. |
Open moist woods, thickets, meadows, tall grass prairies, sagebrush steppes, roadsides, disturbed areas. Flowering Mar–Sep. 0–2300 m. All ecoregions. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to AK, northeast to Quebec, east to NY, southeast to TX, south to Mexico. Native. Vicia americana intergradation is widespread. Gunn (1968) described two relatively distinct entities (varieties americana and minor) that may represent the extremes of a continuum of variation in some regions. If these taxa were accepted, only V. americana var. americana would occur in Oregon. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 743 Steven Broich |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 742 Steven Broich |
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Synonyms | Vicia americana ssp. americana, Vicia americana ssp. oregana, Vicia americana var. americana, Vicia americana var. linearis, Vicia americana var. oregana, Vicia americana var. truncata, Vicia americana var. villosa, Vicia californica | |
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