Hairy Vetch
Vicia villosa Roth
Fabaceae (Legume Family)
▲▼ flowering plants
▲▼ field of vetch, including some on barb-wire fence
▲▼ flowers
▲ leaf showing tendril at tip
▲ seed pods
Hairy Vetch:
· has climbing growth habit, with tendrils at the end of pinnately compound leaves
· hairy vetch is most common in southwest Missouri—has hairy stems & purple flowers in axillary racemes; a winter annual, biennial or perennial weed
· prefer well-drained, sandy soils
· can be used as a forage crop, cover crop or green manure crop, but also can be a weed of agronomic crops (particularly winter annual crops), vegetable crops, fruit crops & nursery plant production
· also used as a forage, cover-crop, green manure crop or for hay
