Vicia villosa

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Vicia villosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Vicia villosa, Roth. Hairy, Sand or Russian Vetch. Fig. 3930. Annual or biennial (sometimes perennial?), enduring the winters in the N., villous-pubescent: lfts. 5-10 pairs, elliptic-oblong, rounded at the tip but usually ending in a very minute point: fls. violet-blue, in long 1-sided axillary about 30-fld. racemes. Eu., Asia. R.F.G. 22:234.—Now considerably used as a cover-crop. More hardy than V. sativa but the pods shatter more easily and the seeds are smaller. In N. Italy it can be cut early enough to produce a crop of millet the same season. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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