Vicia sylvatica Wood Vetch C DD N
This one of the most attractive of the vetches with pencilled veins on the standard of the petals. It could be confused with Vicia orobus (Wood Bitter-vetch) but Vicia sylvatica has tendrils at the ends of the leaves while Vicia orobus has just a point.
It is distributed throughout the mainland of Britain with special concentration around the River Severn area but is not often found in Ireland except on the north east coast region.
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Grassland near A55 at old Colwyn, North Wales 1st July 2008
Added on 2nd July 2008, updated 23rd February 2012