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Vicia sativa

Species category

Agricultural

Common name

garden vetch, common vetch, tare, narrowleaf vetch

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

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.

Shape

Globose

Size

  • Length 5–5.5 mm
  • Width 5–5.5 mm
  • Thickness 5–5.5 mm

Color

Yellow with brown and black mottling

Texture

Smooth

Other structures

HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
 is slightly wedge shaped, 2.0–2.5 mm long.

Identification notes

S. sativa subsp. sativa has seeds that are very similar to S. sativa subsp. nigra. The hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
 is slightly depressed at the margins.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Included

Nomenclature

Family

Fabaceae

Valid name

Vicia sativa L.

Vicia sativa. True seed with a slightly depressed hilum.
Vicia sativa. True seed with a slightly depressed hilum.