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Bayer Code : vichi
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Leguminosae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: hairy tare
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Rauhhaar-Wicke ; ES : alverjon ; FR : vesce hérissée ; IT : veccia tentennina ; PT : unhas-de-gato ; EN : hairy tare ; NL : ringelwikke, NL : duivekrokke ; DK : tofroet vikke
Biological type: Annual
- Cotyledons obscure (hypogeal germination).
- Leaves pinnately divided.
- Height: 20-80 cm. Plant hairy, slender.
- Stem ascending or climbing, hairy.
- Leaves with 6-8 pairs of leaflets linear to ovate -narrow, emarginate or obliquely truncate, usually hairy only beneath, with a terminal branched tendril.
- Flowers light-purple to whitish, very small 2-4 mm, 3-6 in inflorescence on a peduncle shorter or equalling the leaf.
- Fruits : pods drooped, flat, trapezoid, 6 to 10 x 3-4 mm, with short and smooth hairs, becoming glabrous, light olive-green to light brown, 2-seeded.
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Vicia villosa , Vicia pubescens , Vicia parviflora
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