Common Vetch (Plants of Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve) · iNaturalist

Common Vetch

Vicia sativa

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Summary ⁷

Vicia sativa, known as the common vetch, 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 (as in the "Parable of the Tares") – ryegrass (Lolium) is another candidate.

Miscellaneous details ⁸

"Notes: Western Ghats, Cultivated, Native of Mediterranean Region"

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(c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicia_sativa
(c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26344415

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