Vicia sativa
Common vetch (Vicia sativa)
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These plants were a suprise and I didn't know what they were. I like to think they are wild flowers rather than weeds! I think they look like an orchid with pea foliage. Samantha
Posted: Friday 22nd of May 2009 01:23 PM Last reply: Friday 22nd of May 2009 01:23 PM
Vicia sativa
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Common vetch can be found on grassy waysides and hedgebanks. It was formerly cultivated as a fodder crop, the seeds being used as pigeon food, and has become naturalised in many places, although it is not really that common - despite the name - away from south east England.
Posted: Monday 18th of May 2009 07:07 PM Last reply: Monday 18th of May 2009 07:07 PM