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Vicia lathyroides L.

Spring vetch (en), Vesce fausse-gesse (fr), Vesce fausse Gesse (fr), Vesce fausse gesse (fr), Vesce printanière (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Vicia

Characteristics

Prostrate annual, often tufted; stems moderately to densely hairy. Lvs moderately hairy; tendrils simple or 0; leaflets in 1-3 pairs, ± opposite, elliptic-oblong to obovate, (3)-5-10-(15) mm long; stipules with 1, adaxial, basal lobe or dentate. Infl. much < lvs, 1-flowered. Peduncle much < fls. Pedicel 0.5-2 mm long. Calyx slightly gibbous at base; calyx teeth ± equal, ± = or < tube. Corolla purple, 5-8 mm long; limb of standard ± = claw. Pod glabrous, dark greyish brown, c. 7-10-seeded (rarely fewer), 15-25 mm long; seeds cubic, tuberculate, reddish brown; hilum c. 1/12 of circumference.
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Weak annual, 5–25 cm, branched at base; lfls 2–4 pairs, to 1.5 cm; tendrils simple; stipules entire; fls 1 or 2 in the axils, blue or violet, 5–8 mm, subsessile; cal 4–6 mm; fr 1.5–3 cm, 6–12-seeded; 2n=12. Native of the Mediterranean region, locally intr. in our range.
A herb.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination autogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.28
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OctNovDec
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

The flowers and green pods are eaten.
Uses forage gene source
Edible flowers pods
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity toxic (unknown strength) (seed), toxic (unknown strength) (fruit)
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 21 - 40
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
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Images

Habit

Vicia lathyroides habit picture by Tom Schöning (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Vicia lathyroides leaf picture by Benito Soto Fernando (cc-by-sa)
Vicia lathyroides leaf picture by Benito Soto Fernando (cc-by-sa)
Vicia lathyroides leaf picture by Benito Soto Fernando (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Vicia lathyroides flower picture by Petr Petr (cc-by-sa)
Vicia lathyroides flower picture by Loki Husky (cc-by-sa)
Vicia lathyroides flower picture by gwen chambereaud (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Vicia lathyroides world distribution map, present in Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Latvia, Morocco, Moldova (Republic of), Malta, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine, and United States of America

Conservation status

Vicia lathyroides threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:524865-1
WFO ID wfo-0000212745
COL ID 5BCRF
BDTFX ID 71635
INPN ID 129207
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Vicia olbiensis Ervum lathyroides Ervum soloniense Lens soloniensis Vicia arenivaga Vicia lathyroides subsp. olbiensis Vicia lathyroides subsp. arenivaga Vicia lathyroides var. olbiensis Vicia lathyroides
WorldFloraDB 2024