Vicia sativa |
Vicia minutiflora |
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tare, common vetch |
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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. |
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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. |
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Fruits | Pod 3-7 cm. long. |
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Vicia sativa |
Vicia minutiflora |
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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.
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Origin | Introduced from Eurasia | |
Conservation status | Not of concern | |
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