Vicia sepium
Bush Vetch
Vicia sepium, Bush Vetch. A small climbing legume, usually found scrambling through hedge banks. Clings to other plants by tendrils. Lilac flowers throughout spring and summer, followed by black seed pods.
Photograph detail
Slide 1: Vicia sepium, Bush Vetch. Flowers and foliage. Hedge bank, Mill Lane. May.
Slide 2: Vicia sepium, Bush Vetch. Flowers and foliage. Hedge bank, Mill Lane. July.
Slide 3: Vicia sepium, Bush Vetch. Structure, showing seed pods (right), leaf arrangement and tendrils. Flower (right) Collected from Mill Lane. July.
Slide 4: Vicia sepium, Bush Vetch. Immature seed pods (fruit). Hedge bank, Mill Lane. July.
Slide 5: Vicia sepium, Bush Vetch. Mature seed pods (fruit). Hedge bank, Mill Lane. July.