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Vicia lathyroides
Vicia lathyroides, spring vetch is a flowering plant in the pea family which grows in sandy or rocky places close to the sea or sometimes in similar habitats inland. It is native to Europe, North Africa and western Asia and has spread to some other parts of the world as an introduction. It is a very small plant, easily overlooked, and has no economic uses, but it is often valued as a species of importance for nature conservation.
Spring vetch is native to Europe and adjacent parts of western Asia and north Africa, and it has been introduced to parts of North America and New Zealand.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vicia lathyroides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
