Tufted Vetch
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Botanical Name |
Vicia cracca |
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Other Names |
Blue tar-fitch, hugga-back, mousepea |
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Habitat |
Hedges, grassy places, scrub, woods, rocks, shingle, roadsides |
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Description |
80-200cm/32-80in tall, climber Slender branched stems. Leaves alternate like tiny ladders, 6-15 pair’s tiny leaflets. Flowers Blue-purple long dense heads June - August |
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Traditional Uses |
Smallpox, measles |