Fabaceae
Vicia sativa subsp. amphicarpa
Vicia sativa subsp. amphicarpa
Also known as Vicia sativa var. amphicarpa, Vicia communis var. pseudosativa, Vicia amphicarpa, Vicia subterranea
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Vetch · Legume · Nitrogen-Fixing · Ground Cover · Annual · Wildflower · Mediterranean · Pollinator · Cover Crop · Vicia
Amphicarpic vetch is a low-maintenance legume that thrives in partly shaded garden beds with regular moisture. It fixes nitrogen in the soil, making it a useful companion plant. Sow seeds directly in the ground and allow it to naturalize with minimal intervention.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately to keep soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7
- Temperature
- -10°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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