Vicia sativa (Common vetch) Life
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Vicia sativa (Common vetch), in weedy patch
near road, Kleinmond, Western Cape. [photo H. Robertson, Iziko
©] |
Native to Europe, North Africa and western Asia.
Naturalised in southern Africa where it is encountered in disturbed habitats.
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