Common Vetch

Vicia sativa

Plant Life Introduced IUCN: Not Evaluated

About

A short-lived herbaceous plant with slender creeping, scrambling or climbing stems. With alternately arranged leaves and a purple flower

Size

Scrambling or climbing stems growing 0.3-1.2 m tall

Habitat

A weed of crops, wetlands, watercourses, open woodlands, grasslands, roadsides, disturbed sites, waste areas, gardens and pastures in temperate and occasionally also sub-tropical regions

Distribution

Widely naturalised in Australia, but most common and widespread in the southern parts of the country including around Tasmania

Local Sightings

1 recorded sighting in and around the area.

References & citations (1)
  1. The Atlas of Living Australia (accessed 2021-11-23 11:06:56)

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