Near Stouffville

[vaneramos]

After visiting koobear's café at Stouffville Market yesterday afternoon, I drove through Uxbridge en route to Lindsay to drop off Marian and pick up Brenna, just back from summer camp. The drive reminded me of long summer days growing up in the country, although this farmland is much more rolling than where I grew up.







Vicia cracca
The gravel road of my youth was bordered with purple vetch.

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Vetch

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Vetch is not like viper's bugloss, which is a tall herb, with coarse, bristly stems. Vetch is a legume (bean and pea family) with a similar vining habit to garden peas or sweetpeas, although less succulent. It grows in the same conditions as viper's bugloss (sunny roadsides and fields), but has a softer overall effect. Here's another shot to give you a closer look. Each flower head is about two inches long.

Re: Vetch

[rsc.livejournal.com]

has a softer overall effect

Although its viny habit makes it unwelcome in the vicinity of deliberate plantings.