WorldFloraDB - Vicia ervilia

Characteristics

An annual herb. It is low and does not have tendrils. It grows up to 70 cm high. The leaves end with a short awn. There are 8-15 pairs of leaflets. The flowers are white with purple or red tinges. They are 6-9 mm long. There are 1-4 flowers in a group. The pods are yellow or red. They are 10-30 mm long and constricted between the seeds.

Life form

annual

Growth form

herb

Growth support

climber

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

barochory

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.6

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

1.5

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

It grows in waste places and on stony ground. It grows in areas with an annual rainfall between 300-1,160 mm. It can grow in acid, neutral or alkaline soils. It can grow in soils with a pH between 5.6-8.2. It grows in areas with an annual temperature between 9°-20° C. It can grow from sea level up to 2,700 m above sea level in some locations. It can tolerate frost and drought. It can grow in arid places.

More

Disturbed ground. Mountain slopes, in coppiced oak and on fields; at elevations from 800-1,100 metres in Iraq. Scrubland, stoney slopes, screes, field and vineyard margins, roadsides and disturbed areas' at elevations to 2,000 metres.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The seed are eaten in soup. They can also be boiled, roasted and made into flour.

Uses	animal food environmental use fodder food forage gene source human nutrition medicinal poison vertebrate poison
Edible	seeds
Therapeutic use	Poison (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seeds. It is often grown with cereal crops.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	21 - 40
Germination temperacture (C°)	18 - 21
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	soaking
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	12 - 22
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-