Saturday 7 June 2008

tufted vetch

I had expected, based on previous years, to have difficulty distinguishing tufted vetch (Vicia cracca) from bush vetch (Vicia sepium), the long inflorescences of the former being difficult to distinguish at a glance from a number of close infloresnces of the latter. However when I came across a flowering specimen of tufted vetch yesterday the identification was obvious - the long peduncle of tufted vetch makes it easily distinguishable to a more educated eye.

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