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    • Vicia sativa
  • English
    • common vetch

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Recent Observations

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What

common vetch Vicia sativa

Observer

wellska

Date

May 24, 2012 02:46 PM PDT

Description

Little bright purple flowers growing among tall grass in full sun

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What

common vetch Vicia sativa

Observer

michael

Date

May 22, 2012

Place

echzell (Google, OSM)
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Observer

noonan_jared_5

Date

May 13, 2012 01:53 PM PDT

Description

These flowers were blooming on a large green vine. The vine was growing on a rocky hillside in direct sunlight. The flowers were magenta with shade of purple and were fairly small. The shape of them was very peculiar

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Description from Wikipedia

Common Vetch (Vicia sativa), also known as Tare or simply "the vetch", is a nitrogen fixing leguminous plant. Although considered a weed when found growing in a cultivated grainfield, this hardy plant is often grown as green manure or livestock fodder. There is no firm evidence that this is the same as the "tare" in some English translations of the Bible – ryegrass (Lolium) is another candidate.

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