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Vicia nigricans

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Vicia nigricans is a species of vetch known by the common name black vetch. It has a disjunct distribution, its two subspecies divided by thousands of miles in range. The northern subspecies, ssp. gigantea, is native to western North America from Alaska to northern California, where it occurs in coastal and moist inland habitat and disturbed areas. The southern subspecies, ssp. nigricans, occurs in southern South America, in Argentina and Chile.

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Family
Fabaceae

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Vicia nigricans
Slug
vicia-nigricans
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Vicia
Species
nigricans
Wikidata QID
Q4115589
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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