Fabaceae
Narrow-Leaved Vetch
Vicia sativa subsp. nigra
Also known as Vicia sativa var. bobartii, Vicia pilosa, Vicia angustifolia var. amphicarpa, Vicia sativa var. nemoralis
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Vetch · Legume · Cover Crop · Nitrogen Fixer · Climbing Vine · Wildflower · Fabaceae · Meadow Plant · Pollinator Plant · Green Manure
Narrow-Leaved Vetch is a fast-growing climbing annual or short-lived perennial legume that fixes nitrogen and improves soil health. It thrives in average garden soil with moderate moisture and partial to full sun. Best used as a cover crop, green manure, or naturalized wildflower planting rather than a feature garden specimen.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately to keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7
- Temperature
- -40°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 3a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil South, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is.
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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