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Vicia sativa subsp. sativa Moench

Garden vetch (en), Vesce fourragère (fr), Vesce cultivée (fr), Poisette (fr)

Subspecies

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Vicia > Vicia sativa

Characteristics

Annual herb, up to 0.8 m high. Stems angular. Leaves 6-16-foliolate, lower ones 2-4-foliolate; rachis usually terminating in a branched tendril; stipules bearing nectary patches; petioles up to 8 mm long. Flowers: style dorsally compressed, pubescent all round towards apex; calyx slightly asymmetrical at base; corolla reddish to mauve; Oct.-Apr. Pods narrowly oblong, brownish black.
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Leaflets oblong-cuneate to obcordate, apex truncate or emarginate. Calyx: teeth equaling or longer than tube. Corolla 18-30 mm. Legume brown or yellow-brown, contracted be­tween seeds, 35-70 × 6-11 mm, usually hairy. Fl. Jan-Aug, fr. Feb-Sep. 2n = 10, 12.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.8
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer present
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

Uses animal food bee plant commercial environmental use fodder forage human nutrition manure medicinal poison vertebrate poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 21 - 40
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 14 - 23
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Vicia sativa subsp. sativa unspecified picture
Vicia sativa subsp. sativa unspecified picture

Distribution

Vicia sativa subsp. sativa world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, Faroe Islands, Greece, Hungary, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Slovakia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:73499-3
WFO ID wfo-0000212791
COL ID 5LRD9
BDTFX ID 71774
INPN ID 142236
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Vicia pimpinelloides Vicia morisiana Vicia communis Vicia canadensis Vicia cosentini Vicia glabra Vicia globosa Vicia clymenum Vicia campestris Vicia diomedis Vicia excisa Vicia bactra Vicia polymorpha Vicia leucosperma Vicia forsteri Vicia luganensis Vicia conspicua Vicia nodosa Faba angustifolia Vicia bacla Vicia terana Vicia sativa f. alba Vicia sativa f. albiflora Vicia sativa f. erythrosperma Vicia sativa f. fusca Vicia sativa f. leucosperma Vicia sativa f. lucida Vicia sativa subvar. linearis Vicia hirsutissima Vicia torulosa Vicia remrevillensis Vicia pygmaea Vicia obcordata Vicia sativa var. linearis Vicia sativa subsp. sativa Vicia sativa subvar. albiflora Vicia multicolorans Vicia sativa var. obovata Vicia communis var. remrevillensis Vicia communis var. torulosa Vicia conspicua var. dumetorum Vicia conspicua var. lactea Vicia conspicua var. laeta Vicia sativa subsp. cosentinii Vicia sativa subsp. glabra Vicia sativa subsp. luganensis Vicia sativa subsp. obovata Vicia sativa var. affinis Vicia sativa var. alba Vicia sativa var. albiflora Vicia sativa var. aterrima Vicia sativa var. bacla Vicia sativa var. bipunctata Vicia sativa var. canadensis Vicia sativa var. canariensis Vicia sativa var. chlorosperma Vicia sativa var. cornigera Vicia sativa var. cosentinii Vicia sativa var. coturnicina Vicia sativa var. diploleuca Vicia sativa var. erythrosperma Vicia sativa var. fuliginosa Vicia sativa var. gracilis Vicia sativa var. grisea Vicia sativa var. hirsutissima Vicia sativa var. lasiocarpa Vicia sativa var. leucosperma Vicia sativa var. lucida Vicia sativa var. ludoviciana Vicia sativa var. marmorata Vicia sativa var. obcordata Vicia sativa var. persica Vicia sativa var. ramstadina Vicia sativa var. sardoa Vicia sativa var. scotica Vicia sativa var. serotina Vicia sativa var. spodioides Vicia sativa var. triflora Vicia sativa var. umbriflora Vicia sativa var. variabilis Vicia sativa var. vulgaris Vicia sativa var. willkommii
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