Hairy Vetch
Vicia villosa  Roth.
 
 
  • Winter annual
  • Vining plant
  • Stems are prostrate and pubescent
  • Pinnately compound multifoliolate even leaf
  • Tendrils are present
  • bluish to purple flowers clusted on a raceme
  • Round black seed
  • Requires well drained soil
  • tolerates a wide range of pH
  • causes bloat
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