Vicia villosa Roth

Scrambling perennial; stems ± glabrous or sparsely clothed in appressed hairs. Lvs usually moderately clothed in appressed hairs above and below; tendrils branched at least in upper lvs; leaflets in 5–12 pairs, sometimes alternate, ovate-oblong or narrowly elliptic, (5)–12–20 mm long; stipules entire or with 1–(2), narrow, adaxial, basal lobes. Infl. > lvs, (6)–10–40-flowered. Peduncle much > fls. Pedicel c. 2 mm long. Calyx strongly gibbous at base, ± glabrous or sparsely hairy; calyx teeth very unequal; lower < tube. Corolla violet, purple or bluish lilac, (13)–14–18 mm long; limb of standard 1/2 as long as claw. Pod glabrous, brown, 3–8-seeded, 20–35 mm long; seeds dark greenish brown or mottled, 3–4 mm diam.; hilum 1/9-⅙ of circumference.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Nov.–Mar.