Vicia

Vetch


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Vicia unijuga
Vicia unijuga
Vicia hirsuta (L.) Gray
Vicia hirsuta (L.) Gray
Vicia-lutea
Vicia-sylvatica
Vicia-sylvatica
Vicia-sylvatica
Vicia-orobus

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General Description

Modified leaves assist climb: passion flower

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The Biomimicry Institute

 

Vetches and passion flowers climb other plants with the help of leaves modified into tendrils.

         
  "Vetches and passion flowers have modified some of their leaves even more extremely and converted them into tendrils. These grope around in space until they touch the stem of another and swiftly coil around it." (Attenborough 1995:161-162)
  Learn more about this functional adaptation.
References
  • Attenborough, D. 1995. The Private Life of Plants: A Natural History of Plant Behavior. London: BBC Books. 320 p.
"Vicia". Encyclopedia of Life, available from "http://www.eol.org/pages/13463". Accessed 22 Mar 2010.