Biology:Vicia hassei

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Short description: Species of legume

Vicia hassei
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Fabeae
Genus: Vicia
Species:
V. hassei
Binomial name
Vicia hassei
S.Watson

Vicia hassei is a species of vetch known by the common names Hasse's vetch[1] and slender vetch.

It is native to the west coast of North America from Oregon through California to Baja California, where it occurs in many types of coastal and inland habitat.

Description

Vicia hassei is an annual herb. The leaves are made up of a few pairs of leaflets up to 2.5 centimeters long often with flat, notched, or toothed tips.

The inflorescence is usually a solitary flower or a pair of flowers with white or lavender corollas just under a centimeter long.

The fruit is a legume pod 2 or 3 centimeters in length and a few millimeters wide which contains the seeds.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7925273 entry