Vicia nummularia Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Vicia

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, 15-50(-100) cm tall, pilose. Stem much branched. Leaves paripinnate, 3.5-8 cm; stipules semihastate, margin 2-4-toothed; leaflets 2-7-paired, elliptic, 4-13(-20) × 2-6 mm, abaxially densely hairy, adaxially sparsely papilli­ferous, apex obtuse or truncate, mucronate; lateral veins 7-12-paired, not obvious; tendril branched, slender. Raceme 2-4 cm, shorter than or subequaling leaf, 6-9(-12)-flowered. Ca­lyx campanulate. Corolla yellow; standard ca. 9 mm, sub­equaling wings and keel, apex retuse. Ovary shortly stalked, linear, glabrous; ovules 2-6. Legume oblong-rhomboid, 20-25 × 4-7 mm, both ends acute. Seeds 2-4. Fl. Jun-Sep, fr. Jul-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.5
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Vicia nummularia world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:524989-1
WFO ID wfo-0000191387
COL ID 5BCTZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Vicia nummularia Vicia nummularia var. macrophylla