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Tufted Vetch

Vicia cracca

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Field Notes

Description:

Pea-related plant. It grows one-sided racemes of cascading pea-flower shaped purple to violet flowers from the leaf axil during its late spring to late summer flowering period. The flowers drop off and tiny bright green seed pods start to form.

Habitat:

Grassy places, bushes, hedgerows. Seen in grassland bordering Loch Lomond.

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Tufted vetch | Plant & fungi species | Wild plants

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PublishedJuly 29, 2013

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