Species: Broad Bean (Vicia faba)
Family: Legumes (FABACEAE or LEGUMINOSAE)
Category: Flowering Plants
Location: NE
A. Flowering Plants
More extensive information on flowering plants can be found in a separate blog post.
B. Legumes (FABACEAE or LEGUMINOSAE)
Legume seedpod crops are commercially very important for human consumption, livestock forage, silage, and nitrogen-rich 'green manure'.
C. Broad Bean (Vicia faba)
The Broad Bean is an upright plant about a metre tall. It produces large white flowers that have dark purple markings. Flowering from May to August, this plant is commonly found in allotments as it provides an excellent crop of edible beans.
This individual was found in the cemetery after the Council closure in the spring of 2023 was lifted. It is often an escape from neighbouring gardens and in this case may have been planted by an industrious squirrel rather than it having emerged from a century and a half's hibernation from before the cemetery was established. (Beans of this plant would not be viable after such a period of time.)
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Broad Bean
The Broad Bean is an upright plant about a metre tall. It produces large white flowers that have dark purple markings.
Broad Bean
This individual was found in the cemetery after the Council closure in the spring of 2023 was lifted. It is often an escape from neighbouring gardens and in this case may have been planted by an industrious squirrel rather than it having emerged from a century and a half's hibernation from before the cemetery was established.
