{{Short description|Species of legume}} {{Speciesbox |image = Viciahassei2.jpg |status = G5 |status_system = TNC |status_ref = <ref name=NS>{{Cite NatureServe|date=6 December 2024|id=2.138832|title=''Vicia hassei'' | NatureServe Explorer|access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref> |display_parents = 2 |genus = Vicia |species = hassei |authority = S.Watson }}
'''''Vicia hassei''''' is a species of vetch known by the common names '''Hasse's vetch'''<ref>{{PLANTS|id=VIHA3|taxon=Vicia hassei|access-date=31 July 2015}}</ref> and '''slender vetch'''.
It is native to the west coast of North America from Oregon through California to Baja California, where it occurs in many types of coastal and inland habitats.
==Description== ''Vicia hassei'' is an annual herb. The leaves are made up of a few pairs of leaflets up to 2.5 centimeters long and often with flat, notched, or toothed tips.
The inflorescence is usually a solitary flower or a pair of flowers with white or lavender corollas just under a centimeter long.
The fruit is a legume pod that is 2 or 3 centimeters in length and a few millimeters wide which contains the seeds.
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==External links== {{Commons category|Vicia hassei|position=left}} *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3691,4296,4303 Jepson Manual Treatment: ''Vicia hassei''] *[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=VIHA3 USDA Plants Profile] *[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Vicia+hassei ''Vicia hassei'' — U.C. Photo gallery]
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hassei Category:Flora of Baja California Category:Flora of California Category:Flora of Oregon Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Category:Natural history of the Central Valley (California) Category:Natural history of the Channel Islands of California Category:Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges Category:Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area Category:Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains Category:Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
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