Vetch

vech, a name given to several species of leguminous herbs. The vetches are closely allied to the peas. The common field vetch is raised for a green fodder crop. It is a native of Europe. The broad Windsor bean is also a genuine vetch. A delicate climbing vetch with bluish flowers may be found in the moist soil of prairie and copse edges. It is one of the flowers of early summer, beginning to bloom in June in the Northern States. See Lentil; Pea