- Name
- Vetch, Garden Vetch
- Common Names
- Common Vetch, Garden Vetch, Golden Tare
- Scientific Name
- Vicia sativa
- Family
- Fabaceae (Legume/Pea/Bean Family)
- Description
- Garden Vetch is a sprawling annual winter weed, originating in Europe. It is commonly used as a cover crop because it can fix nitrogen in the soil.
- Leaves
- The leaves are stipulate, alternate and compound, each made up of 3–8 opposite pairs of oblong, needle-tipped leaflets up to 1.4 in long. Each compound leaf ends in a branched tendril.
- Flowers
- Pea-like purple to lavender flowers.
- Bloom Time
- April to June
- Pollen Source
- ?
- Nectar Source
- fair
- Pollen Color
- ?
- Native to NC
- No
