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common vetch, spring vetch, tare

lentil tare, slender vetch, sparrow vetch

Habit Plants annual, 3–10 dm. Plants annual, 1–5 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 4–12, elliptic to linear, 6–20 × 1–3 mm;

surfaces glabrous;

rachises 1–4 cm;

stipules inconspicuous.

Inflorescences

1–4-flowered; < subtending leaves.

1–3-flowered, 1–3 cm; > 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.

3–6 mm;

calyx bases symmetrical;

lobes unequal; longer ones ? tubes;

corollas light purple to pale lavender, glabrous;

banners ovate to oblong, constricted between blades and claws;

blades wider than claws;

styles terete.

Fruits

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

distally rounded, 10–15 × 3–4 mm, yellow to light brown, glabrous;

stipes to 1 mm.

Vicia sativa

Vicia tetrasperma

Distribution
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Discussion

Worldwide. 7 varieties; 2 varieties treated in Flora.

Fields, roadsides, woodlands, disturbed areas. Flowering May–Jun. 0–800 m. Casc, Col, Est, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, WA; scattered in North America; Africa, Asia, Europe. Exotic.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 743
Steven Broich
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 744
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. villosa
Subordinate taxa
V. sativa var. angustifolia, V. sativa var. sativa
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