Vicia villosa, Roth

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 132

21. V. villosa Roth , Tent. FI. Germ. 2(2): 182 (1793).

Annual 30-200 cm. Leaflets 4-12 pairs, linear to elliptical; stipules entire. Calyx strongly gibbous at the base; calyx-teeth unequal; corolla 10-20 mm, violet, purple or blue, sometimes with white or yellow wings; limb of the standard c. | as long as claw. Legume 20-40 x (4-)6-12m m, brown, stipitate. Seeds 2-8; hilum tj —]- of the circumference. Europe, southwards from N. France and White Russia; widely cultivated for fodder and naturalized further north. Al Au BI Bu Co Cr Cz Ga Ge G r He Hs Hu It Ju Lu Po Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) Sa Si Tu [Be Br Da Fe Ho No Rs (N, B) Su]. 1 Stems villous; lower calyx-teeth longer than tube (a) subsp. villosa

1 Stems glabrous or appressed-pubescent; lower calyx-teeth shorter than tube

2 Legume pubescent 3 Racemes 5- to 20-flowered (c) subsp. eriocarpa 3 Racemes 2- to 6- flowered (d) subsp. microphylla 2 Legume glabrous or glabrescent 4 Racemes 10- to 30-flowered (b) subsp. varia 4 Racemes 2- to 10-flowered 5 Wings usually yellow; legume glabrous (e) subsp. pseudocracca

5 Wings purple, violet or white; legume usually sparsely pubescent when young (d) subsp. microphylla