Vicia parviflora is similar to the much more common vicia tetrasperma; differences are the longer, narrower leaflets, the shorter pedicels, and flower clusters of up to five rather than one or two.
Common name:
Slender tare
Family:
Scientific name:
Vicia parviflora
Synonym:
Vicia tenuissima
Main flower color:
Range:
South England
Height:
Up to 50 cm
Habitat:
Cultivated fields
Flowers:
Pinkish purple, up to 9 mm long, in clusters of four or five, less often two or three, attached by pedicels which, like the stalk and calyces, have a sparse covering of appressed hairs. The upper two calyx teeth are shorter than the lower three
Fruit:
Hairless pods containing between five and eight seeds
Leaves:
Hairless, pinnately divided into narrow, linear, well-separated leaflets, up to 25 mm long, and ending in a coiled, unbranched tendril
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
