Vicia sativa, L.
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46. V. sativa L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 736 (1753).
Pubescent annual up to 80 cm. Leaflets 3-8 pairs, 6-20(-30) x 1-6 mm, linear to obcordate, acute to emarginate, mucronate; stipules dentate, usually with a dark spot. Flowers l-2(-4) together. Calyx-teeth equal, longer or shorter than tube; corolla (8-)10-30 mm, purple. Legume 25-70 x (3-)4-10 mm, yellow-brown to black, glabrous or pubescent, breaking the calyx when mature. Seeds 6-12; hilum of the circumference. Throughout Europe to 69° N. in Russia. All territories, but only as an alien in Fa Is Sb.
Frequently cultivated for fodder.
A very variable species often divided into a number of species or subspecies. The most recent work by Mettin & Hanelt, Kulturpfl. 12: 163-225 (1964), and Yamamoto, Mem. Fac. Agric. Kagawa Univ. 21: 1-104(1966), shows that the species has considerable variation in the basic chromosome number. The different chromosome numbers are largely correlated with morphology, and artificially raised hybrids show a fairly high degree of sterility, although this varies somewhat according to the parent plants used. Despite the sterility, evidence was obtained to show that gene exchange between plants of different chromosome number could occur with reasonable facility and this is supported by the almost continuous range of variation found in herbarium specimens. It is therefore proposed to treat this variation at subspecific rather than specific rank.
1 At least some leaflets toothed or incised (d) subsp. incisa
1 All leaflets entire, or at most crenate-dentate at apex
2 Plant with underground stems bearing apetalous flowers and white, 1- to 2-seeded legumes. (b) subsp. amphicarpa
2 Plant without underground stems
3 Corolla (8-) 10-18 mm; calyx-teeth shorter than tube; legume black or very dark brown (a) subsp. nigra
3 Corolla 18-30 mm; calyx-teeth as long as or longer than tube; legume yellow-brown to dark brown, rarely almost black
4 Legume 4-5-6 mm wide (c) subsp. cordata
4 Legume 6-11 mm wide
5 Legume contracted between the seeds, brown or yellowbrown; seeds 3-5-6-5 mm (e) subsp. sativa
5 Legume not contracted between the seeds, dark brown or almost black; seeds 5-5-8 mm (f) subsp. macrocarpa
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Vicia sativa
Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
V. sativa
L. 1753: 736 |