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Thin-leaved peas (lat. Vicia tenuifolia) - or Vika thin-leaved, is a herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the genus with the Latin name "Vicia" (Vika, which is called "Peas" in Russian). The genus is included in the glorious numerous family of Legumes, from the plants of which man extracts many useful components that support his life and health. Thin leaves of complex leaves give the plant a special flavor and decorative effect; in collaboration with lilac dense inflorescences, they can decorate any flower garden, simultaneously enriching the soil with nitrogen, fixed by soil bacteria living on the roots of the plant.
Description
The fine-leaved pea, like many of its relatives, is friendly with some soil bacteria, which form nodules on its roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. Part of the nitrogen goes to the needs of the plant itself, and part of it enriches the soil, giving food to the plants neighboring with Pea.
The roots bring to the world rigid, ribbed, erect (or, ascending) stems that can grow up to a meter in height. Stems in different subspecies can be naked or pubescent.
Composite leaves have semi-arrow-shaped stipules and are formed by a series of paired linear leaflets located in two planes, converging on the main petiole at an acute angle. The end of the petiole is equipped with a branched tendril, with which the plant clings to the support that has turned up on the way. The general view of the leaf is openwork-needle-like, somewhat reminiscent of a twig with needles.
Small numerous flowers in the form of a boat with wings and a flag form dense inflorescences-brushes 15 to 30 centimeters long. Sepals form a short bell-shaped calyx. The corolla of the flower is most often colored lilac, but subspecies are also found with a white corolla.
An oblong-lanceolate fruit-pod, pointed at both ends, from 1, 8 to 3 centimeters long, hides 4 to 7 flattened seeds of various colors inside.
The thin-leaved vetch (or, Thin-leaved peas) comes from Eurasia. The plant managed to reach the northwestern territories of Africa, to North America, and can also be found on the exotic Hawaiian Islands.
Usage
The dense inflorescences of the Thin-leaved Pea share their nectar with the bees, which, in gratitude for the nectar, pollinate the bisexual flowers of the plant. Self-pollination is also present.
Young leaves of Vicky thin-leaved are quite edible, and therefore they are added to salads.
But the plant is more valued as a forage crop for pets. Abundant foliage yields good yields of protein-rich green forage.
The ability of plant roots to get along with soil bacteria fixing atmospheric nitrogen makes Vika thin-leaved an attractive green manure for depleted lands. The plant is quite winter-hardy, and therefore sowing can be carried out before winter, so that early spring shoots can be used for mulching cultivated plants. This mulch retains soil moisture, inhibits the growth of weeds and serves as an additional organic fertilizing.
Bright purple inflorescences and delicate leaves are suitable for any type of flower garden, as an addition to other ornamental plants in the garden, simultaneously enriching the soil with nitrogen and repelling some insect pests.
Growing conditions
Fine-leaved peas can grow in partial shade of rare foliage of trees, or in the open sun.
The plant is unpretentious to soils, but prefers well-drained soils that do not provoke stagnant water, but are moist. It grows with any acidity of the soil.
It propagates by self-sowing, often turning into a weed. Therefore, it requires tracking its distribution over the site.
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© Alex Varlakov / Rusmediabank.ru Latin name: Pisum Family: Legumes Categories: Vegetable crops Peas (lat.Pisum) - a genus of climbing herbaceous plants of the legume family. Sowing peas (Latin Pisum sativum) are widely cultivated in Russia.
Zizifora Thin
Zizifora thin is one of the plants of the family called liliaceae, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Ziziphora tenuior L. As for the name of the ziziphora fine family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Liliaceae Juss.
Peas Multi-stem
Multi-stemmed peas (Latin Vicia multicaulis) - a rhizome herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the genus Vika (Latin Vicia) from the legume family (Latin Fabaceae). Pea multistemal has a typical appearance for plants of the Vika genus: it is pair-pinnate compound leaves, giving an openwork look to the bushes, and flowers of a moth type of lilac shades.
Sowing Peas
Sowing peas is included in the number of plants of the family called legumes, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: Vicia sativa L. As for the name of the pea family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Fabaceae Lindl. Description of seed peas Sowing pea is a biennial or annual herb, the height of which fluctuates between fifteen and eighty centimeters.
Shaggy Peas
Shaggy peas (lat.Vicia villosa) - more often an annual herb, representing a genus on Earth Polka dots, or, Vika, (lat.Vicia) family Legumes (lat.Fabaceae). The climbing plant has acquired tenacious tendrils located at the ends of the complex-pinnate leaves to cling to the support, helping the fragile plant to be resistant to the vicissitudes of life.
