PEA FAMILY
Vicia villosa subsp. eriocarpa(FODDER VETCH)
(Mor sürgün) (Wicke)
Leguminosae (Fabaceae)
Anuual or biennial herbs. Stem climbing or procumbent, up to 90 cm. Leaves alternate, paripinnate; leaflets 4-10-paired, linear-oblong; stipules semi-hastate or sagittate; tendrils branched. Peduncle as long as the leaf or shorter, 3-40-flowered. Calyx strongly gibbous, up to 8 mm. Petals free at base, violet -blue or - blue, up to 22 mm. Legumes oblong or oblong-rhomboid, up to 3 x l cm, pubescent. Fl. March-July. Pinus forest, macchie, hedges, banks, fields, nr. Water.
Türkiye, Greece, Aegean, W. Syria, Cyprus, Iran, N. Iraq.
