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Fabaceae
Hairy tare
Vicia hirsuta
Also known as Vicia coreana, Cracca minor var. eriocarpon, Vicia hirsuta subsp. leiocarpa, Ervum hirsutum var. eriocarpon
Native Plants · Wildflower · Legume · Climbing · Meadow · Cover Crop · Vetch · Annual · Nitrogen-Fixing · European · Fabaceae
Hairy tare is a low-maintenance annual climbing legume best suited to outdoor wildflower gardens or meadow plantings. It thrives in moderately moist, well-drained soils with partial shade and requires minimal intervention once established. It is primarily grown for ecological or educational purposes rather than ornamental display.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; keep soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–5.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Amur, Angola, Argentina South, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil South, Bulgaria, Buryatiya
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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