Common vetch

Family: Fabaceae
Scientific name: Vicia sativa
Description: Plant Form: Annual creeping or climbing herb. Size: Up to 1.2 m tall. Stem: Slender, scrambling, wiry. Hairy or almost hairless. Leaves: Alternately arranged, compound of 2-7 pairs of leaflets which are egg-shaped with smooth edges and a short point at tips. Flowers: Pink or purple pea-shaped, 1.8-3 cm long solitary or in small clusters in the leaf forks. Fruit and Seeds: Elongated, flattened pods, 3-7 cm long, with distinct constrictions between the 6-12 oblong seeds. Green to yellowish brown and somewhat hairy. Habitat: Wetlands, cropping areas, woodlands, grasslands, roadsides, disturbed areas, old gardens. Weed Status: Other Weed Weed Type: Environmental, Common Lifeform: Herbaceous

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