Vicia cracca L.

Tufted Vetch

Description:

·        Slender branched species approximately 1 m tall

·        Leaves have 5-10 pairs of linear narrowly oblong leaflets

·        Numerous blue to mauve flowers 10-13 mm long are arranged on one sided racemes

Habitat:

·        Old fields

·        Roadsides

·        Waste places

·        Often on older dykelands

Distribution:

·        Common in pasture and scattered throughout otherwise