Common Vetch - Vicia sativa segetalis habit, click for a larger photo
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Common Vetch - Vicia sativa segetalis

Height up to 75cm (30in). Widespread and fairly common scrambling annual of grassy places and hedgerows. Leaves comprise 3-8 pairs of oval leaflets and end in tendrils. Groups of one or two pinkish purple flowers appear April - September, when mature, the pods are black.

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