Vicia tetrantha H.W.Kung

Species

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Characteristics

Herbs perennial, 60-120 cm tall. Stem slender, glabrous or pilose. Leaves paripinnate, 5-11 cm; stipules hastate to lanceo­late or elliptic, 3-7 × 1-5 mm; leaflets 8-11-paired, narrowly oblong or narrowly lanceolate, 12-27 × 3-6 mm, glabrous or hairy, apex acuminate, mucronate; tendril unbranched or branched. Raceme shorter than leaf, 2-7-flowered; bracts cadu­cous; pedicels hispidulous. Calyx campanulate or subcampan­ulate, 4.5-6 mm, sometimes tomentose. Corolla blue-purple or purple; standard violin-shaped or oblong, 10-12 × ca. 5 mm, subequaling wings and longer than keel. Ovary stalked, fusi­form, glabrous; ovules ca. 6. Legume oblong, ca. 23 × 6 mm, glabrous. Seeds 1-5, spheroid. Fl. Jun-Sep, fr. Aug-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 1.2
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 21 - 40
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
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Distribution

Vicia tetrantha world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:525201-1
WFO ID wfo-0000199237
COL ID 7G4GC
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Vicia tetrantha