Blooms: April-July
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Introduced
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington, but more common on the west side; widely distributed throughout most of North America.
Habitat: Disturbed ground, yards and roadsides at low elevations.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Introduced
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington, but more common on the west side; widely distributed throughout most of North America.
Habitat: Disturbed ground, yards and roadsides at low elevations.
Species Description:
General: 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.
General: 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.
Accepted Name:
Vicia sativa L.Synonyms:
(none)
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Vicia sativa
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Vicia sativa specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Vicia sativa specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Vicia sativa treatment.
E-Flora BC: Vicia sativa atlas page.
CalPhotos: Vicia sativa images.
USDA Plants Database: Vicia sativa.
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
G. D. Carr, 2007
G. D. Carr, 2007
G. D. Carr, 2007
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
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G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2002
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
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