Vicia narbonensis
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Vicia narbonensis, Linn. French or Narbonne Vetch. Annual, pubescent, dark green: st. stout, erect or ascending, 4-angled, 2-4 ft. tall: lower lvs. with a single pair of lfts. without tendrils, upper with 2-3 pairs of lfts. and branching tendrils; lfts. 1/2-2 in. long, 3/8 – 1 1/2 in. broad, somewhat fleshy, oval to elliptic or cuneate at base, entire or rarely few-toothed above: infl. 1-2 (rarely 5) -fld.: fls. stalked, 1/2 – 3/4 in. long; calyx-teeth unequal, banner lilac to purple or bluish, wings and keel bluish: pod broadly linear to rhombic-linear, 2 - 2 1/2 in. long, 3/8 in. broad, compressed; seeds brown, 5/16 in. diam. S. Eu., cult. for forage. R.F.G. 22:241.—Not very hardy and turns black under severe summer heat. Best adapted to the N. W. Pacific coast. It has no advantage over common vetch and the seed cost is much greater.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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