Common name: Common Vetch
Vicia sativa subsp. sativa L. APNI*
Leaflets oblong to cuneate to ovate, 2–12 mm wide;
Flowers 18–30 mm long, calyx 15–22 mm long, teeth as long as or longer than tube.
Pod 3–7 cm long, distinctly constricted between seeds, brown or yellow-brown, ± hairy; seeds ± globose, occasionally cubical to oblong, 3.5–6.5 mm wide.
Distribution and occurrence: Native of W Asia.
NSW subdivisions: *CC, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS, *SWS, *SWP, *NFWP
Other Australian states: *W.A. *S.A.
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