Vicia sativaL. Winter Tares

Vicia sativaL. - Winter Tares

Scientific Description:

Hairy to subglabrous annual, 20−80(−100) cm, decumbent to erect or climbing. Leaflets (2−)4−8(−9)-paired, usually 10−40 × 2−15 mm, linear or lanceolate to oblong or obovate, rarely deeply toothed. Stipules semi-hastate, dentate; tendrils generally branched. Flowers 1−2(−3), axillary, (10−)14−27(−30) mm, pale pink to purplish violet, rarely white, short-pedicelled, very rarely short-peduncled. Calyx 7−20 mm, campanulate-tubular, nearly regular, pubescent; teeth (3−)5−11(−14) mm, subequal, linear-subulate or lanceolate. Legume (25−)35−65(−70) × 5−9(−12) mm, linear, somewhat beaked, usually ± pubescent; sometimes also with subterranean, 1−2-seeded fruits. Seeds (of aerial legumes) usually 6−12, smooth, 2−7 mm diam, hilum short.

subsp. nigra

Leaflets usually less than 10 mm broad; calyx 7−12(−13) mm, teeth c. 2.5−8 mm; corolla 10−20 mm; seeds 2−4(−5) mm.

var. segetalis

Leaflets 4−10 mm broad, oblong-linear to oblong-obovate, acutish to notched; calyx (8−)10−12(−13) mm, teeth 4−8 mm; corolla 17−22 mm; plant robust.

Flowering time: March−May(−June).

Habitat: Meadows, grassy banks, fields, s.l.−2000 m.

Reference:

Davis PH & Plitmann U (1970). Vicia sativa L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 3: 318.

Public Description:

Vicia sativa subsp. nigra var. nigra, known as “winter tares”, has a widespread distribution in the world. It is an annual plant with pale pink to purplish violet, rarely white flowers, and grows up to 100 cm in length. It blooms between March and June and is found in meadows, grassy banks, and fields.

References:

Anonymous (2016). http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Vicia+sativa /, Accessed date: 13.02.2016.

Ertekin S A (2012). Vicia L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 500–505.