Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : vicvi
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Leguminosae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: fodder vetch
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Zottel-Wicke ; ES : veza ; FR : vesce velue ; IT : veccia pelosa ; PT : ervilhaca-de-cachos-roxos ; EN : fodder vetch ; NL : zachte en Bonte wikke ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons obscure (hypogeal germination).
- Leaves pinnately divided.
- Height: 20-60 cm.
- Stem branched, climbing, angled, relatively smooth.
- Leaves lower with 2 pairs of lanceolate -linear leaflets, 10-15 mm x 2-3 mm, rounded tip. Further leaves with 5-10 pairs of leaflets. Robust and branched tendrils ; stipules small, entire -margined.
- Flowers crimson or purple-blue, 12-20 mm, whitish wings, 3 to 30 in long-peduncled raceme usually longer than the subtending leaf.
- Fruit : pod flat, glabrous, 20-40 x 8-10 mm, slightly reticulate, brown.
- Plant cultivated as fodder.
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Vicia pubescens , Vicia parviflora , Vicia hirsuta
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Rare
Present
Present
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