Vicia lathyroides

Vicia lathyroides (spring vetch) is a plant species in the bean family Fabaceae.[1] It is native to Europe and western Asia, and it is known on other continents as an introduced species. It is an annual herb with pealike blue- or purple-tinged flowers about half a centimeter wide and hairless legume pods up to 3 centimeters long.

Vicia lathyroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Tribe: Fabeae
Genus: Vicia
Species:
V. lathyroides
Binomial name
Vicia lathyroides

Description

Vicia lathyroides is an annual with stems up to 12 cm long. The leaves have 2 or 4 pairs of leaflets which end in a tendril or point. The flowers are single up to 6 mm long and without a stalk. The petals are purple and produce a pod up to 20 mm long.[1] [2]

Ecology

In Ireland it is found in sandy ground near the coast.[1]

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  • USDA Plants Profile
  • "Vicia lathyroides". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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References
  1. Parnell, J. and Curtis, T. 2012. Webb's An Irish Flora. Cork University Press. ISBN 978-185918-4783
  2. Webb, D.A., Parnell, J and Doogue, D. 1996. An Irish Flora. Dungalgan Press (W.Tempest) Ltd. Dundalk.ISBN 0-85221-131-7


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