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Bush Vetch

Vicia sepium L.

Description

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Perennial, scrambling or suberect. Rootstock creeping, stem sparsely pubescent. Leaf paripinnately compound, leaflets 8-12, 1-3 cm long, c. 5-12 mm broad, narrowly ovate, subobtuse or emarginate; stipules semi-sagittate toothed, the upper entire, tendril branched. Inflorescence a 2-5-flowered raceme, peduncle short. Calyx c. 7-9 mm long, glabrous or pubescent, mouth somewhat oblique, teeth unequal, the lowest subequal to the tube. Corolla reddish to lilac blue. Vexillum c. 12-15 mm long. Fruit 20-25 mm long, 7 mm broad, narrowly oblong, glabrous, 4-7-seeded.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 269 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of Pakistan @ eFloras.org
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S. I. Ali & M. Qaiser
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Distribution

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Distribution: Pakistan; Kashmir, Central Asia; Caucasia, Siberia, throughout Europe.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 269 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of Pakistan @ eFloras.org
editor
S. I. Ali & M. Qaiser
project
eFloras.org
original
visit source
partner site
eFloras

Flower/Fruit

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Fl.Per.: July-August.
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cc-by-nc-sa-3.0
copyright
Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 269 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of Pakistan @ eFloras.org
editor
S. I. Ali & M. Qaiser
project
eFloras.org
original
visit source
partner site
eFloras