BULLETIN 1289, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Vicia saliva var. erythrosperma Reich.: Leaflets obovate to obcordate; flowers 
purple; seed reddish brown, 
var. glabra Ser. (V. glabra Schleich.) : Plant glabrous; flowers purple, 
var. grandiflora Willk.: Leaflets obovate to obcordate; flowers about 3 
centimeters long, purple, 
var. incisa Boiss. (V. incisa M. Beib.) : Leaflets deeply serrate; flowers 
purple, 
var. leucosperma Ser.: Leaflets obovate to obcordate; flowers purple; seed 
pale pink. 
var. linearis Lange: Leaflets narrowly linear to linear cuneate, 2 to 2^ 
centimeters long; flowers purple; pods small, 4 millimeters in diameter; 
brown when ripe. This 
is similar to V. angus- 
tifolia except for the 
larger flowers and brown 
pod. 
var. macrocarpa Moris (V. 
macrocarpa Bertol.): 
Leaflets obovate to ob- 
cordate; flowers purple; 
pods large, 10 to 11 
millimeters wide, very 
prominently net veined, 
dark brown when ripe, 
var. maculala Burnat (V. 
maculata Presl) : Leaf- 
lets obovate to linear- 
obovate, obtuse to trun- 
cate; flowers medium 
size, 1.7 centimeters 
long; pods not pubes- 
cent, small, up to 5 
centimeters long and 4 
to 6 millimeters wide, 
brown or brownish 
black. This is similar 
to V. angustifolia but 
differs in that the seed 
is mottled brown and 
green and the flowers 
average larger. It dif- 
fers from var. cosentini 
in having finer stems, 
var. melanosperma Reich.: 
Leaflets obovate to ob- 
cordate; flowers purple; 
seed mottled brown and 
black, 
var. nemoralis Rouy (U. 
nemoralis Pers.) : Leaf- 
lets linear-obovate, ob- 
tuse to somewhat trun- 
cate; flowers purple; 
pods small, 4 to 5 milli- 
meters in diameter, 
brown when ripe, 
var. obovala Ser.: Leaflets obovate to somewhat obcordate; flowers purple; 
seed mostly brown or black. This includes most of the common commer- 
cial varieties of V. sativa. (Fig. 2.) 
var. pygmaea Ser.: Smaller in every way than V. sativa obovata; flowers 
purple. Probably a small form due to local conditions, 
var. rcmrevillensis Huss.: Stipules entire; flowers purple, 
var. torulu.sa Beck. (V. torulosa Jord.): Leaflets long, obovate to widely 
linear, truncate; flowers large, 2 centimeters or more long, purple; pods 
torulose, quite rough; seed yellowish, mottled with brown. 
var. trijlora Rouy.: Leaflets obovate to obcordate; flowers purple, three 
or four, nearly sessile or rarely on a peduncle up to S cent i meters long. 
Fig. 2. 
Vicia sativa var. obovata Ser., showing the upper por- 
tion of a stem and pods 
