Vicia pannonica Crantz

Hungarian vetch (en), Vesce de Pannonie (fr), Vesce de Hongrie (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Vicia

Characteristics

Herbs annual, 20-60(-100) cm tall, densely yellow to brown villous. Stem 2-4-branched from base, erect. Leaves paripinnate; stipules ovate-lanceolate or semihastate, small; leaflets 6-9-paired, linear or oblong-linear, 10-15 × 2-3 mm, apex mucronate; lateral veins not obvious; tendril 2-or 3-branched. Flowers 1-3 in axillary fascicles. Calyx obliquely campanulate, ca. 11 mm, densely yellow villous. Corolla white or yellow-white; standard 15-16 mm, equaling wings and longer than keel, abaxially villous. Ovary shortly stalked, vil­lous. Legume broadly oblong to subrhomboid, 20-35 × 7-11 mm, densely brown villous, apex beaked. Seeds 2-8, subob­late-spheroid. Fl. and fr. Jul-Sep. 2n = 12.
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A herb. It grows each year from seed. It has yellow to brown hairs. The stems have 2-4 branches from the base. The leaves have leaflets. There are 6-9 pairs. They are narrow and 10-15 mm long by 2-3 mm wide.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Cultivated and fallow fields and roadsides; at elevations from sea level to 2,000 metres in Turkey418,1128.
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It is a temperate plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-9

Usage

Young seeds are eaten raw.
Uses animal food environmental use fodder forage gene source pasture
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity toxic (unknown strength) (seed), toxic (unknown strength) (fruit)
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 40
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 10 - 17
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Vicia pannonica habit picture by Louis Germain (cc-by-sa)
Vicia pannonica habit picture by Martin Lukac (cc-by-sa)
Vicia pannonica habit picture by Rudolf Rimóci (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Vicia pannonica leaf picture by Jeff Mear (cc-by-sa)
Vicia pannonica leaf picture by Alain Lagrave (cc-by-sa)
Vicia pannonica leaf picture by natalia delgado (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Vicia pannonica flower picture by Louis Germain (cc-by-sa)
Vicia pannonica flower picture by jacques maréchal (cc-by-sa)
Vicia pannonica flower picture by endangeredPlants (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Vicia pannonica fruit picture by Sylvain Piry (cc-by-sa)
Vicia pannonica fruit picture by Jean-Francois Dumas (cc-by-sa)
Vicia pannonica fruit picture by Denis Bastianelli (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Vicia pannonica world distribution map, present in Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Switzerland, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Algeria, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Morocco, Moldova (Republic of), Malta, Netherlands, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Ukraine, and United States of America

Conservation status

Vicia pannonica threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:525015-1
WFO ID wfo-0000212770
COL ID 7FSGL
BDTFX ID 71717
INPN ID 129265
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Vicia purpurascens Vicia striata Vicioides hirsuta Hypechusa pannonica Hypechusa purpurascens Vicia uncinata Vicia pannonica subsp. purpurascens Vicia pannonica subsp. pannonica Vicia pannonica subsp. striata Vicia pannonica var. purpurascens Vicia pannonica var. linerifolia Vicia pannonica var. minor Vicia pannonica