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Pronunciation: VIS-ee-a vill-OH-sa
Common name: Hairy winter vetch
Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
Habitat: Locally abundant on roadsides, fields, urban waste areas below 6000', South Coast, northern Channel Islands, San Gabriels and Peninsular Range (except San Jacintos), native to Europe
Blooming period: May to July
Name derivations: 1) Vicia 2) villosa
NOTE: Easily distinguished from V. villosa ssp. varia by the spreading hairs on stems and leaves