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common vetch, spring vetch, tare

Habit Plants annual, 3–10 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.

Inflorescences

1–4-flowered; < 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.

Fruits

25–60 × 3–11 mm; reddish brown to black, glabrous or pubescent, sessile.

Vicia sativa

Vicia caroliniana

Distribution
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Discussion

Worldwide. 7 varieties; 2 varieties treated in Flora.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 743
Steven Broich
Sibling taxa
V. americana, V. cracca, V. faba, V. hassei, V. hirsuta, V. lathyroides, V. lutea, V. nigricans, V. pannonica, V. tetrasperma, V. villosa
V. americana, V. cracca, V. faba, V. hassei, V. hirsuta, V. lathyroides, V. lutea, V. nigricans, V. pannonica, V. sativa, V. tetrasperma, V. villosa
Subordinate taxa
V. sativa var. angustifolia, V. sativa var. sativa
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