Common Vetch ssp SATIVA (Vicia sativa ssp. sativa) (09/06/2022) West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. It's ssp. sativa because this specimen is pretty large (which is why it is often used as a fodder crop), has two tone flowers and is hairy. SSp Segetalis has must paler standards (the upper petals) and is not hairy. Ssp Nigra has flowers with standard same colour as wings but in particular, narrow upper leaflets not broad like these.
Common Vetch ssp SEGETALIS (Vicia sativa var. segetalis) (10/05/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). This ssp. segetalis has paler standards (upper flowers) and is a smaller species, with smaller leaflets and less hairy than var. sativa. ssp. Nigra has uniformly coloured flowers and much marrower leaflets.
Common Vetch ssp SATIVA (Vicia sativa ssp. sativa) (09/06/2022) West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex.
Common Vetch ssp SEGETALIS (Vicia sativa var. segetalis) (10/05/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field).
Common Vetch ssp SEGETALIS (Vicia sativa var. segetalis) (24/05/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). The lower flower dying off and will start turning to fruit.
Common Vetch ssp SEGETALIS (Vicia sativa var. segetalis) (25/05/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). The petals of all the Vicia are sparkly under certain flash exposures.
Common Vetch ssp SEGETALIS (Vicia sativa var. segetalis) (05/05/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field).
Common Vetch ssp SEGETALIS (Vicia sativa var. segetalis) (02/05/2022) South Downs Link from Henfield towards the bridge over the Adur, Henfield, W Sussex.
Common Vetch ssp SEGETALIS (Vicia sativa var. segetalis) (09/05/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). Leaves tend to have a little dip at the end with a small mucronucleate tip.
Common Vetch ssp SEGETALIS (Vicia sativa var. segetalis) (05/05/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). Mostly hairless but with a fringe of fine hairs.
Common Vetch ssp SEGETALIS (Vicia sativa var. segetalis) (20/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). Makro shot of the stipules.
Common Vetch ssp SATIVA (Vicia sativa ssp. sativa) (09/06/2022) West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. Another ID feature for ssp. sativa is these seed pods - the slight constrictions between the seeds which ssp. nigra and ssp. segetalis lack. Also the pod is a bit short-hairy and ssp. segatalis is smooth.
Common Vetch ssp SEGETALIS (Vicia sativa var. segetalis) (23/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). Note the smooth seed pod - see earlier image of ssp. sativa (which has little indentations between the seeds).
Common Vetch ssp SEGETALIS (Vicia sativa var. segetalis) (20/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). These seed pods are classic for Common Vetch - the other vetches tend to have much shorter ones and in groups, not just the odd one.
Common Vetch ssp SEGETALIS (Vicia sativa var. segetalis) (23/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). Ripe pods turn to black I think both in ssp. Sativa and Segetalis.
Common Vetch ssp SEGETALIS (Vicia sativa var. segetalis) (29/06/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). Once open, seeds dispersed, the pods coil into spirals.
