Burke: Vicia sativa

	Vicia sativa
	tare, common vetch
Habit	Glabrous to villous perennial, the stems 3-8 dm. tall.
Leaves	Leaves pinnate; leaflets 10-14, linear to obovate-oblanceolate, 1.5-3 cm. long, rounded or with a shallow notch, and with a needle-like tip; stipules 3-8 mm. long, deeply toothed or saggitate; tendrils well-developed, branched.
Flowers	Flowers pea-like, 1-3 in the leaf axils, short-pedunculate, 15-25 mm. long; calyx over half the length of the corolla, the 5 teeth narrowly awl-shaped, equal, usually longer than the tube; banner erect, orchid to purplish; wings often red; style densely bearded at the tip.
Fruits	Pod 3-7 cm. long.

	Vicia sativa
Flowering time	April-July
Habitat	Roadsides, fields, forest edges, thickets, lawns, wastelots, and other disturbed open areas.
Distribution	Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest and east in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; Alaska to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Introduced from Eurasia
Conservation status	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	V. americana, V. cracca, V. hirsuta, V. lathyroides, V. lutea, V. nigricans, V. pannonica, V. tetrasperma, V. villosa
Subordinate taxa	V. sativa var. angustifolia, V. sativa var. sativa
Web links	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Vicia sativa

tare, common vetch

Habit

Glabrous to villous perennial, the stems 3-8 dm. tall.

Leaves

Leaves pinnate;

leaflets 10-14, linear to obovate-oblanceolate, 1.5-3 cm. long, rounded or with a shallow notch, and with a needle-like tip;

stipules 3-8 mm. long, deeply toothed or saggitate;

tendrils well-developed, branched.

Flowers

Flowers pea-like, 1-3 in the leaf axils, short-pedunculate, 15-25 mm. long;

calyx over half the length of the corolla, the 5 teeth narrowly awl-shaped, equal, usually longer than the tube;

banner erect, orchid to purplish;

wings often red;

style densely bearded at the tip.

Fruits

Pod 3-7 cm. long.

Vicia sativa

Flowering time

April-July

Habitat

Roadsides, fields, forest edges, thickets, lawns, wastelots, and other disturbed open areas.

Distribution

Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest and east in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; Alaska to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Origin

Introduced from Eurasia

Conservation status

Not of concern

Sibling taxa