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Vicia sativa subsp. sativa

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Vicia sativa L. subsp. sativa

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Vicia sativa L. var. sativa (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Vicia sativa var. obovata Ser. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (formerly naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (22), SAH_2022 (2), SAH_2023 (18), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 54 records in 8 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 51.25 mm (30-70 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 9 mm (6-12 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 9 mm (6-12 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2); yellow (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 75 mm (40-110 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 7 mm (2-12 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); obcordate (1); oblanceolate (1); oblong (2); obtriangular (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 5 mm (3.5-6.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 5 mm (3.5-6.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (2); lenticular (1); ovoid_elongated (2); polyhedral (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.75 m (0.3-1.2 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231522VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_20231218S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202222S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.