Vicia lathyroides

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Vicia lathyroides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Fabeae
Genus: Vicia
Species:
V. lathyroides
Binomial name
Vicia lathyroides
L.

Vicia lathyroides (spring vetch) is a plant species in the bean family Fabaceae. [2] It is native to Europe and western Asia, and it is known on other continents as an introduced species. It is an annual herb with pealike blue- or purple-tinged flowers about half a centimeter wide and hairless legume pods up to 3 centimeters long.

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Description

Vicia lathyroides is an annual with stems up to 12 cm long. The leaves have 2 or 4 pairs of leaflets which end in a tendril or point. The flowers are single up to 6 mm long and without a stalk. The petals are purple and produce a pod up to 20 mm long. [2] [3]

Ecology

In Ireland it is found in sandy ground near the coast. [2]

References

  1. ↑ McFarlane, D., Maxted, N. & Osborne, J. (2019). "Vicia lathyroides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T176113A1432918. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T176113A1432918.en . Retrieved 23 January 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 3 Parnell, J. and Curtis, T. 2012. Webb's An Irish Flora. Cork University Press. ISBN   978-185918-4783
  3. ↑ Webb, D.A., Parnell, J and Doogue, D. 1996. An Irish Flora. Dungalgan Press (W.Tempest) Ltd. Dundalk. ISBN   0-85221-131-7
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