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Vicia hirsuta
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Photo: Mark Hyde
Edge of the Racecourse on NW side
Photo: Mark Hyde
Edge of the Racecourse on NW side
Photo: Mark Hyde
Edge of the Racecourse on NW side
Photo: Mark Hyde
Edge of the Racecourse on NW side
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| Synonyms: |
Ervum hirsutum L. |
| Common names: | Hairy tare (English) |
| Frequency: | Rare |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Slender, sprawling ±glabrous annual herb, 20-30 cm tall. Leaves paripinnate with 4-8 pairs of leaflets, the rhachis usually terminating in a branched tendril; leaflets 5-20 mm long, alternate, linear-oblong; apex truncate to emarginate, often mucronate; stipules without a black spot, often 4-lobed. Inflorescence a raceme, bearing 1-8 flowers, the peduncle 1-3 cm long, slender, longer than the flowers. Corolla 4-5 mm long, dirty white or purplish. Pod 6-11 mm long, usually 2-seeded. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | hirsuta: hairy |
| Habitat: | In damp disturbed ground |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Europe, North Africa and western Asia; a weed of cultivation worldwide. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Friday 7 September 2018 |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Vicia hirsutaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Vicia hirsuta
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Vicia hirsuta
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Vicia hirsuta
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Vicia hirsuta
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Vicia hirsuta
JSTOR Plant Science: Vicia hirsuta
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Vicia hirsuta
Plants of the World Online: Vicia hirsuta
Tropicos: Vicia hirsuta
Wikipedia: Vicia hirsuta
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