Vicia hirsuta

Hairy Vetch at Garran, ACT

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5 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

   18 Nov 2018

It is certainly not Vicia sativa with those long flower stalks. How big were the flowers? Vicia hirsuta flowers are 2-5 mm long.

Mike wrote:

   18 Nov 2018

The flowers were small. The photo of the pods is not very good but they were also short.

BettyDonWood wrote:

   18 Nov 2018

It is hard to tell from your photo whether the pods are hairy or not. I suspect this is Vicia disperma, which has hairless pods 5-8 mm wide. Vicia hirsuta has hairy pods 2-4 mm wide.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

   19 Nov 2018

Hairy pod can be seen when image is enlarged

Mike wrote:

   19 Nov 2018

Added photo of hairy pods.
Note Vicia sativa Vicia sativa subsp. nigra (Narrow-leaved Vetch) on 18 Nov 2018 is also present at this site.

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.111736-35.345403
• Altitude 654.0m
• Places Garran, ACT

Sighting information

• 16 - 100 Abundance
• 18 Nov 2018 01:49 PM Recorded on
• Mike Recorded by

• Collections

  Plants Peas Mike Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• True In flower
• 30cm to 1 metre Plant height

Species information

• Vicia hirsuta Scientific name
• Hairy Vetch Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Exotic
• Minor weed or pest
• Up to 708.6m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
• In flower
  

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