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Common Vetch

Vicia sativa

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 8,273, February 6,110, March 9,573, April 15,061, May 21,715, June 23,679, July 25,338, August 21,791, September 15,998, October 11,942, November 6,525, December 5,100.
Alaska171,106
United States43,299
California12,882
United Kingdom7,682
England6,878
Texas4,943
North Carolina2,871
Oregon2,548
Virginia2,460
Canada2,406

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

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Sources

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Practise Common Vetch with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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