Vicia sativa

Common Vetch at Red Hill, ACT

Vicia sativa at Red Hill, ACT - 20 Nov 2016
Vicia sativa at Red Hill, ACT - 20 Nov 2016
Vicia sativa at Red Hill, ACT - 20 Nov 2016
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Identification history

Vicia sativa 21 Nov 2016 MichaelMulvaney
Vicia sativa 21 Nov 2016 BettyDonWood
Unidentified 21 Nov 2016 roymcd

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User's notes

Rough estimate on location and abundance. A collection of them growing amongst a blackberry bush and other weeds. I'm sorry I should have taken better photos of the flowers a few weeks earlier when I first noticed them. Kind regards, Roy.

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BettyDonWood wrote:
   21 Nov 2016
Without measurements of leaflet length and width and a side on photo of the flower so I can see the teeth on the calyx at the base of the petals, I cannot determine the subspecies. The bases of the leaves where they join the stem are out of focus so I am not completely sure the species is sativa.

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  • 10 Abundance
  • 20 Nov 2016 07:18 AM Recorded on
  • roymcd Recorded by

Additional information

  • True In flower
  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

Species information

  • Vicia sativa Scientific name
  • Common Vetch Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Minor weed or pest
  • Up to 1200.82m Recorded at altitude
  • 75 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower
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