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valentinziA bush vetch (Vicia sepium; Zaun-Wicke) flower blooms with its violet-purple petals delicately folded in the classic shape of a pea flower.<br> At the top of the image, a few blossoms of white bedstraw (Galium album; Weißes Labkraut) remain tightly closed, their tiny buds hinting at the white flowers soon to unfold.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wildflowers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wildflowers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/flowers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flowers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bush?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bush</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/vetch?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vetch</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/zaunwicke?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zaunwicke</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/vicia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vicia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sepium?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sepium</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/galium?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#galium</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/album?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#album</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/labkraut?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labkraut</a>
Jonny Clark<p>The illusive <a href="https://birds.town/tags/CrypticWoodWhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrypticWoodWhite</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/butterfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>butterfly</span></a> on a <a href="https://birds.town/tags/Vetch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vetch</span></a> flower at <a href="https://birds.town/tags/WWTCastleEspie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WWTCastleEspie</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://birds.town/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>naturephotography</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/lepidoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lepidoptera</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>butterflies</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/wwt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wwt</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/CountyDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CountyDown</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/NorthernIreland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernIreland</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@ukbutterflies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ukbutterflies</span></a></span></p>
Bicycling Monterey 💚🌎🌍🌏<p>Yesterday was another rainbow day, and today it rained too. <br>Our ride was brisk, breezy, and beautiful!</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MontereyCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MontereyCounty</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildflowers</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/vetch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vetch</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BloomScrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloomScrolling</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bloom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloom</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flowers</span></a></p>
dillyd<p>In case you didn't know, bird vetch is in the legume family. Here are some flowers together with their little seed pods<br><a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/vetch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vetch</span></a></p>
Eclectic Human<p>Invasive, but beautiful: Crown vetch (Coronilla varia / Securigera varia) brings a touch of subtle colour to the shores of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LakeErie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LakeErie</span></a>.<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BloomScrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloomScrolling</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Florespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Florespondence</span></a><br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/CrownVetch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrownVetch</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/vetch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vetch</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildflowers</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/weeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weeds</span></a></p>
dillyd<p>Vivia cracca, or bird vetch, unfurling like a colorful fern frond. <br><a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/vetch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vetch</span></a></p>
Denis 🌏<p>I have a new favorite word.</p><p>Vetch.</p><p>Apparently that's what this is in my apartment's front yard (according to iNaturalist).</p><p>I'm thrilled that so far my landlord has made no progress toward cleaning up the wildness of the yard -- so many volunteers, things growing willy-nilly, it's *wonderful*.</p><p>She apologized profusely when I moved in but I made it ultra-clear, no, I LOVE it this way. Wild is good, in my book.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/vetch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vetch</span></a></p>
Graham Palmer<p>This is Vetch - an introduced weed. Goes to prove weeds aren’t always ugly! it’s a problem in cereal crops, but not so much in wild woodlands, where I found this one. No idea how it got there - maybe a seed stuck to someone’s shoe, or a bird needing to go!<br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wildflowers</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Macro</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FlowersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlowersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Vetch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vetch</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ViciaSativa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ViciaSativa</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Weed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Weed</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Victoria</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p>
Alternative Perspectives<p>Bee on Vetch</p><p>I couldn’t believe it! I was photographing this <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/vetch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vetch</span></a> and along came a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/bee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bee</span></a> and photobombed the image. How lucky am I!</p><p>Available from: <br><a href="https://pixels.com/featured/bee-on-vetch-alternative-perspectives.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pixels.com/featured/bee-on-vet</span><span class="invisible">ch-alternative-perspectives.html</span></a><br>or<br><a href="https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/148904726" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">redbubble.com/shop/ap/14890472</span><span class="invisible">6</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CommunityWoodland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityWoodland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FediGiftShop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediGiftShop</span></a></p>
Alternative Perspectives<p>Bee on Vetch</p><p>I couldn’t believe it! I was photographing this <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/vetch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vetch</span></a> and along came a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/bee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bee</span></a> and photobombed the image. How lucky am I!</p><p>Available from: <br><a href="https://pixels.com/featured/bee-on-vetch-alternative-perspectives.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pixels.com/featured/bee-on-vet</span><span class="invisible">ch-alternative-perspectives.html</span></a><br>or<br><a href="https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/148904726" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">redbubble.com/shop/ap/14890472</span><span class="invisible">6</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CommunityWoodland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityWoodland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FediGiftShop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediGiftShop</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>The real <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paleo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleo</span></a> diet: New <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/archaeological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeological</span></a> evidence changes what we thought about how ancient humans prepared food</p><p>by Ceren Kabukcu, The Conversation, November 26, 2022 </p><p>"We found carbonised food fragments in Franchthi Cave (Aegean, Greece) dating to about 13,000-11,500 years ago. At Franchthi Cave we found one fragment from a finely-ground food which might be <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bread</span></a>, batter or a type of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/porridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>porridge</span></a> in addition to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pulse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pulse</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/seed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seed</span></a>-rich, coarse-ground foods.</p><p>"In Shanidar Cave (Zagros, Iraqi Kurdistan), associated with early modern humans around 40,000 years ago and Neanderthals around 70,000 years ago, we also found ancient food fragments. This included wild <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mustard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mustard</span></a> and terebinth (wild <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pistachio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pistachio</span></a>) mixed into foods. We discovered wild <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/grass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grass</span></a> seeds mixed with pulses in the charred remains from the Neanderthal layers. Previous studies at Shanidar found traces of grass seeds in the tartar on Neanderthal teeth.</p><p>"At both sites, we often found ground or pounded pulse seeds such as bitter <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/vetch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vetch</span></a> (Vicia ervilia), grass <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pea</span></a> (Lathyrus spp) and wild pea (Pisum spp). The people who lived in these caves added the seeds to a mixture that was heated up with water during grinding, pounding or mashing of soaked seeds.</p><p>"The majority of wild pulse mixes were characterised by bitter tasting mixtures. In modern cooking, these pulses are often soaked, heated and de-hulled (removal of the seed coat) to reduce their bitterness and toxins. The ancient remains we found suggest humans have been doing this for tens of thousands of years. But the fact seed coats weren't completely removed hints that these people wanted to retain a little of the bitter flavour. </p><p>"The presence of wild mustard, with its distinctive sharp taste, is a seasoning well documented in the Aceramic period (the beginning of village life in the south-west Asia, 8500BC) and later Neolithic sites in the region. Plants such as wild almonds (bitter), terebinth (tannin-rich and oily) and wild <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fruits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fruits</span></a> (sharp, sometimes sour, sometimes tannin-rich) are pervasive in plant remains from south-west Asia and Europe during the later Paleolithic period (40,000-10,000 years ago). Their inclusion in dishes based on grasses, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tubers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tubers</span></a>, meat, fish, would have lent a special flavour to the finished meal. So these plants were eaten for tens of thousands of years across areas thousands of miles apart. These dishes may be the origins of human culinary practices.</p><p>"Based on the evidence from plants found during this time span, there is no doubt both <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a> and early modern humans diets included a variety of plants. Previous studies found food residues trapped in tartar on the teeth of Neanderthals from Europe and south-west Asia which show they cooked and ate grasses and tubers such as wild <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/barley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>barley</span></a>, and medicinal plants. The remains of carbonised plants remains show they gathered pulses and pine nuts."</p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2022-11-real-paleo-diet-archaeological-evidence.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2022-11-real-pal</span><span class="invisible">eo-diet-archaeological-evidence.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paleolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleolithic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Archaeobotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeobotany</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodArchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodArchaeology</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulinaryArchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CulinaryArchaeology</span></a></p>

I've been really trying to get the main types of the pink/purple Vetch in my head this summer. I'm rubbish at remembering the differences. I've seen 3 kinds over the last few weeks. Evening walk today we came across a 4th. Proper happy. Bet I'll forget it all again by next year!

Common Vetch, Bitter Vetch, Bush Vetch and last but not least Tufted Vetch.