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and four to eight pairs of oblong 
leaflets, slightly notched at their 
tips and with midrib project- 
ing as a fine, bristly point. Ex- 
tending from between the terminal 
pair of leaflets is a long forked 
tendril. Flowers on short axillary 
peduncles, usually in pairs, nearly 
an inch long and rather showy, the 
corolla being reddish purple or 
sometimes rosy pink, the stand- 
ard long obovate and notched at 
the top, the wings adherent to the 
curved keel. Pods slender, two to 
three inches long, hairy when 
green but becoming smooth, and 
slightly constricted between the ¢ 
small globular seeds as they ripen. 
Means of control a 
Prevent the development of seeds 
by early and close cutting. In Fie. 176.— Common Vetch (Vicia 
grain fields, many of the young satiom)s 3% 4: 
seedlings may be raked out with a weeding harrow when the crop is 
but a fewinches tall. Or, later, but while still in the young and hairy 
stage, the weed may be destroyed by the use of chemical sprays. 
COW VETCH 
Vicia Crdcca, L. 
Other English names: Tufted Vetch, Blue Vetch, Bird Vetch, Tine 
Grass, Titters, Cat Fitch, Cat Peas. 
Introduced. Perennial. Propagates by seeds and by rootstocks. 
Time of bloom: June to August. 
Seed-time: July to September. 
Range: Newfoundland to British Columbia, southward to New 
Jersey, Kentucky, Iowa, and Minnesota. 
Habitat: Fields, meadows, and waste places. 
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