Vicia cassubica
Species of flowering plant
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Vicia cassubica, called Kashubian vetch and Danzig vetch, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Vicia. Found in thermophilous oak forests, it also does well in old fields that are in later stages of succession.[3]
| Vicia cassubica | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Vicia |
| Species: | V. cassubica |
| Binomial name | |
| Vicia cassubica | |
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Distribution
Description
Stem
Naked or short-haired, erect or climbing, about 30–60 cm (12–24 in) long.
Leaves
Evenly-spaced, composed of 8–12 pairs of elliptic leaflets. Their short and numerous lateral nerves growing at a 45° angle to the main nerve are reticulate. The bracts are entire-edged.
Flowers
Blooms from June to July. Collected in clusters of 5–14 purple-violet butterfly flowers, whose corolla is 12–15 mm (0.47–0.59 in) long. Their filament is at least as long as a petal. The clusters are shorter than the leaves that grow at an angle.
Fruit
Egg-like pods about 1.5 cm (0.6 in) long containing usually 1–2 seeds.