PLANTS Profile for Vicia sativa ssp. sativa (garden vetch)

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PLANTS Profile

Vicia sativa L. ssp. sativa
garden vetch

Symbol:

VISAS2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Algeria. Usage Requirements.

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Vicia sativa L. ssp. sativa

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Synonyms:
Vicia sativa L. ssp. sativa

	VIGL4	Vicia globosa Retz.
	VISAL2	Vicia sativa L. var. leucosperma (Moench) Ser.
	VISAL	Vicia sativa L. var. linearis Lange

Distribution:
Vicia sativa L. ssp. sativa


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (BC, NB, NS, PE)

Related Taxa:
Vicia sativa L. ssp. sativa

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 69 species in Vicia, 5 subspecies in Vicia sativa L.

Classification:
Vicia sativa L. ssp. sativa

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Vicia L. – vetch
Species	Vicia sativa L. – garden vetch
Subspecies	Vicia sativa L. ssp. sativa – garden vetch

Introduced Information:
Vicia sativa L. ssp. sativa

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Vicia sativa L. ssp. sativa

Vicia sativa:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACW

FACU-

FACU

FACU-

FACU

FAC

FACW

FACU

UPL

FACU

UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Vicia sativa L. ssp. sativa

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524810.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Vicia sativa L. ssp. sativa

VA-Virginia Tech Weed Identification Guide

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