Vicia villosa

Shaggy Vetch (Vicia villosa )

The Shaggy Vetch (Vicia villosa ) is a part of a plant species, the subfamily of the Fabaceae ( Faboideae ) within the family Leguminosae ( Fabaceae ).

System

Vicia villosa belongs to the section Cracca from the subgenus of the genus Vicia Vicilla in the subfamily of the Fabaceae ( Faboideae ) within the legume family ( Fabaceae ).

There are several subspecies (selection):

  • Vicia villosa var gore
  • Vicia villosa Roth subsp. eriocarpa ( Hausskn. ) PWBall ( Syn: Vicia eriocarpa ( Hausskn. ) Hal. )
  • Vicia villosa Roth subsp. pseudocracca ( ​​Bertol. ) Rouy ( Syn: Vicia pseudocracca Bertol. )
  • Shaggy Vetch (in the narrow sense), hairy vetch or sand vetch (Vicia villosa Roth subsp. Villosa )
  • Colorful Wicke (. Vicia villosa Roth subsp varia ( host) Corb, Syn. Vicia varia host, Vicia dasycarpa Ten. )

Description

The Shaggy Vetch is an annual herbaceous plant. Their stems and leaves are hairy shaggy. The leaves form of six to twelve pairs of leaflets. The terminal leaflet and adjacent Fiederpaare are converted into tendrils.

It flowers from June to August and attention especially because of their long - stalked, racemose inflorescences, which comprise about 20 to 30 individual flowers. The blue - purple single flower is longer than 1 cm. From the similar bird vetch (Vicia cracca ), the Shaggy Vetch differs in that the plate of the plume is significantly shorter than the nail.

Are formed legumes that are ripe brownish in color. They burst in autumn and leave about 5 to 10 pea- like seeds.

Ecology

Annual ( summer or winterannuell ); with up to 80 cm long taproot. Amphistomatisch leaves: stomata on the upper side somewhat more numerous and smaller than the under side; Cleavage direction generally parallel to the midrib. The flowers are nectar- leading butterfly flowers with brush mechanism; they are dependent on pollination by insects.

Occurrence

The Shaggy Vetch grows widely throughout Europe. It is mainly found along roadsides and in fields. There are usually several plants in high density grow in one spot. As a crop, it is used in Landsberger mixture for forage production. Furthermore, it is used as a foundation plant application. As a legume it binds through symbiosis with nodule bacteria in the roots of nitrogen from the air.

Immature sleeve shaggy Wicke.

Shaggy Vetch in marsh vegetation.

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