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Vicia sativa

Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 22/04/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Vicia sativa.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Terawhiti Station, Wellington.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 01/11/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Unripe seed pods. Hutt Valley.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 01/01/2007, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Pale flowered form. Hutt Valley.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 27/12/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Vicia sativa pale-flowered form.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 27/12/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Vicia sativa pale-flowered form. Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 11/12/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

vetch

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Red/Pink, Violet/Purple

Detailed description

Slender to stout scrambling or tufted annual; leaflets in 4-8 pairs often alternate; flowers purple, sometimes white or pink; blackish or brownish/black pod 30-60mm long with 5-12 seeds.

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Fabaceae

Authority

Vicia sativa L.

Ecology

Year naturalised

1867

Origin

W. and S. Europe to W. Asia, N. Africa

Life cycle and dispersal

Seed is long-lived in the soil seed bank. Seeds are dispersed by explosion of the seed pod.

Other information

NVS code

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

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