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Common Vetch Pea family
Vicia sativa Leguminosae (Fabaceae)

Common Vetch is a climbing perennial of fields, waysides and hedgerows. It used to be cultivated for fodder, and thus can be very variable in form, as seeds used to be brought in from abroad.

Common Vetch plant Common Vetch flowers

Common Vetch
Flowers, pods and tendrils




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