Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Vicia sativa L.

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Possibly Vicia sativa Walt.

Common names:

Common tare (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Common vetch (1886-1986) (4, 5, 68, 72, 80, 85, 109, 110, 138, 155, 158)

Fitch (1876) (92)

Garden vetch (Present) (50)

Ketsach (1886?, Hebrew) (110)

Pebble vetch [Pebbel-vetch] (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Spring vetch (1900-1977) (3, 5, 68, 82, 109, 156, 158)

Tare (1840-1949) (14, 19, 68, 92, 107, 109, 110, 131)

Vetch (1876-1899) (14, 92, 131)

Vik (Ancient European languages) (110)

White vetch (1919) (107)

Wood pea (1876) (92)

Wood vetch (1876) (92)