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Pronunciation: VIS-ee-a vill-OH-sa VARE-ee-a
Common name: Smooth winter vetch
Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
Habitat: Locally abundant on roadsides, fields, urban waste areas below 4000', Transverse and Peninsular Ranges (exc. San Jacintos), native to Europe
Blooming period: March to June
Name derivations: 1) Vicia 2) villosa 3) varia
NOTE: Easily distinguished from V. villosa ssp. villosa by the appressed or absent hairs on stems and leaves