Common vetch

Vicia sativa subsp. sativa

family

Fabaceae

origin

Exotic

declaration

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Common names

Common vetch, Vetch, Golden tare, Grain vetch, Garden vetch, Spring vetch.

A short-lived herbaceous plant with slender creeping, scrambling or climbing stems. Its alternately arranged leaves are once-compound and there is a pair of small leafy structures at the base of each leaf stalk. These leaves (2-10 cm long) have two to seven pairs of leaflets (18-27 mm long and 5-10 mm wide) and usually end in one or more tendrils. Its pink or purple pea-shaped flowers (1.8-3 cm long) are borne singly or in small clusters in the upper leaf forks. Its elongated and flattened pods (3-7 cm long and 6-12 mm wide) are usually somewhat hairy when young and turn brown or yellowish-brown when mature.

Leaf arrangement:Compound
Leaf form:Alternate
Purple
Green
48BFB2B5-D573-4E91-B7A1-0B51D3FF42E9Discoloured

Impact

Impact

Common vetch (Vicia sativa subsp. sativa) is regarded as an environmental weed in Victoria and Western Australia.

Location

Location

Characteristics

Characteristics

Similar Species

Similar Species

Control Methods