Agricultural
garden vetch, blackpod vetch, narrowleaf vetch
True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.
Globose to spherical
Green with dark mottling to black
Dull and smooth
HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
is slightly wedge shaped and 2 mm long.
Seeds are slightly smaller than V. sativa subsp. sativa. The seed of the two varieties have very similar characteristics and intergrade. The edges of the hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus). are slightly depressed at the margins (linear-ovateOvate:
Egg-shaped with basal end the broadest.
and raised along the median groove).
Not listed
Not included
Fabaceae
Vicia sativa L. subsp. nigra (L.) Ehrh
Vicia angustifolia L.
Vicia angustifolia L. var. segetalis (Thuill.) W.D.J. Koch
Vicia angustifolia L. var. uncinata (Desv.) Rouy
Vicia pilosa M. Bieb.
Vicia sativa L. var. angustifolia (L.) Ser.
Vicia sativa L. var. nigra
Vicia sativa L. var. segetalis (Thuill.) Ser.
Vicia sativa L. ssp. segetalis (Thuill.) Celak.
