Vicia Sativa

Scientific Name: Vicia sativa

Common Name: garden vetch

Symbol: VISA

Category: Dicot

Genus: Vicia

Family: Fabaceae

Family Common Name: Pea family

Order: Fabales

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subkingdom: Tracheobionta

Kingdom: Plantae

Duration: Annual

Growth Habit: Vine, Forb/herb

Native Status: L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), SPM (I)

Flower Color: Purple

Flower Conspicuous: Yes

Foliage Color: Green

Foliage Texture: Coarse

Fruit Color: Black

Edible: yes

Vicia sativa flower

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Scientific Name: Vicia sativa

Common Name(s): garden vetch

Edible: yes

Medicinal: no

Parts Used: stem, fruit

your_comforting_company 10 Mar, 2010	low-growing vining plant with tendrils and distinct pea-like flowers. Banner wings and keel. leaves are pinnately compound and leaflets are oblong and simple. Flowers occur singly along the stem where leaflets branch, and near vine ends.
Current Rating: 0.0000

your_comforting_company 10 Mar, 2010	the plant possibly conatins cyanide. Like many species of this tribe, excess consumption may cause nervous disorders. Most poisonings occur in hot climates (Elpel). seeds and young stems are edible. (Elpel)
Current Rating: 0.0000

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