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Vicia narbonensis

narbonne vetch, purple broad vetch
Habit Herbs annual.
Stems

erect, stout, 3–7 dm.
Leaves

3–8 cm;

tendrils simple on proximal leaves, branched on distal leaves;

stipules foliose, approaching leaflets in size, semicordate, with nectariferous patch abaxially;

leaflets 2–6, blades obovate to elliptic, 30–60 × 20–35 mm, margins rarely serrate, apex obtuse, surfaces sparsely pubescent.
Inflorescences

1–4-flowered, to 1 cm, much shorter than subtending leaf rachis.
Flowers

15–30 mm;

calyx base symmetric, lobes unequal, to 2 times as long as tube;

corolla purple, drying black, banner stenonychioid, blade subequal to claw, glabrous;

style compressed abaxially, pubescent apically, tufted abaxially.
Legumes

black, linear, 30–70 × 10–15 mm, oblique-tipped, glabrous, sutures with pustulate-based bristles;

stipe absent.
Seeds

4–6, purplish violet to black, subglobose or compressed-globose, 5–6 mm diam.;

hilum whitish, short, oblong, encircling 1/8 circumference of seed.
2n

= 14.

Vicia narbonensis
Phenology Flowering Apr–May.
Habitat Disturbed areas.
Elevation 0–500 m. (0–1600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
DC; MD; NY; Europe [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Africa]
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Vicia narbonensis is cultivated as a forage crop and is locally established in the flora area.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Vicia
Sibling taxa
V. acutifolia, V. americana, V. benghalensis, V. caroliniana, V. cracca, V. disperma, V. faba, V. floridana, V. grandiflora, V. hassei, V. hirsuta, V. lathyroides, V. leucophaea, V. ludoviciana, V. lutea, V. minutiflora, V. nigricans, V. ocalensis, V. pannonica, V. pulchella, V. sativa, V. sepium, V. tetrasperma, V. villosa
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 737. (1753)
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