Narrowleaf Vetch

(Vicia sativa)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habit: Decumbent to ascending climbing annual herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous from shallow taproot

Leaf anatomy: Alternate, compound, 6-12 leaflets

Reproduction: Pealike flowers, 2 in subsessile clusters in upper axils, rose-purple petals; legume fruit, dark brown to black at maturity

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}