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Vicia sativa subsp. nigra (L.) Ehrh.

Narrow-leaf vetch (en), Vesce à feuilles étroites (fr), Vesce noire (fr)

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Leaflets linear to oblong-cuneate, apex acute, obtuse, or truncate. Calyx: teeth shorter than tube. Corolla (8-)10-18 mm. Legume black or brownish black, not contracted between seeds, 25-55 × (2.5-)3-6 mm, usually glabrous. Fl. Mar-Jul, fr. Mar-Sep. 2n = 10, 12, 14.
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An annual herb. It lies along the ground. It is slender with stems 10-15 cm tall.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.53
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer present
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It grows in Mediterranean and temperate climates. It grows in acid, neutral and alkaline soils. It can grow in soils with pH between 4.9-8.2. It grows between 1,600-3,360 m above sea level. It grows in areas with an annual rainfall between 350-1,160 mm. It can grow in arid places.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Caution: The seeds contain a poison that can cause a condition called lathyrism. The young seeds are eaten raw.
Uses animal food commercial environmental use fodder food forage manure medicinal poison vertebrate poison
Edible flowers fruits leaves seeds
Therapeutic use Abortifacient (unspecified), Gynecological Aid (unspecified), Love Medicine (unspecified), Analgesic (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Measles (unspecified), Smallpox (unspecified), Cyanogenetic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 40
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 11 - 23
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Vicia sativa subsp. nigra unspecified picture
Vicia sativa subsp. nigra unspecified picture

Distribution

Vicia sativa subsp. nigra world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Angola, Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bulgaria, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Ecuador, Egypt, Spain, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Iceland, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Latvia, Morocco, Moldova (Republic of), Malta, Mongolia, Mauritius, Netherlands, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Réunion, Romania, Russian Federation, Sudan, Slovakia, Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Taiwan, Province of China, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Ukraine, United States of America, Uzbekistan, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Vicia sativa subsp. nigra threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60467411-2
WFO ID wfo-0000212782
COL ID 5LRD7
BDTFX ID 71769
INPN ID 142232
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Vicia angustifolia f. paui Vicia helvetica Vicia debilis Vicia cuneata Vicia maculata Vicia segatalis Vicia austroccidentalis Vicia perretii Vicia pilosa Vicia segetalis Vicia intermedia Vicia lusitanica Vicia timbali Vicia cuneiformis Vicia consobrina Vicia abyssinica Vicia bobartii Vicia angustifolia Vicia bobartii Vicia amphicarpa f. albiflora Vicia amphicarpa f. hortensis Vicia amphicarpa f. microcarpa Vicia amphicarpa f. parvifolia Vicia amphicarpa f. paui Vicia amphicarpa f. uliginosa Vicia amphicarpa f. varia Vicia heterophylla f. macrocarpa Cracca timbaliana Vicia sallei Vicia scepusiensis Vicia angustifolia Vicia basilei Vicia maculata Vicia cuneata Vicia heterophylla Vicia lanciformis Vicia nigra Vicia paui Vicia sativa var. minor Vicia sativa var. angustifolia Vicia angustifolia subsp. angustifolia Vicia sativa var. nigra Vicia angustifolia var. segetalis Vicia angustifolia subsp. pusilla Vicia angustifolia var. uncinata Vicia sativa subsp. nigra Vicia sativa subsp. cuneata Vicia sativa subsp. heterophylla Vicia angustifolia subsp. segetalis Vicia sativa subsp. angustifolia Vicia sativa subsp. consobrina Vicia sativa var. angustifolia Vicia amphicarpa subvar. latifolia Vicia angustifolia f. albiflora Vicia angustifolia f. hortensis Vicia angustifolia f. uliginosa Vicia sativa f. melanosperma Vicia sativa subvar. dissitijuga Vicia media Vicia angustifolia subsp. bobartii Vicia angustifolia var. parviflora Vicia angustifolia var. bobartii Vicia angustifolia subsp. bobartii Vicia angustifolia subsp. heterophylla Vicia angustifolia subsp. uncinata Vicia angustifolia var. arvensis Vicia angustifolia var. aterrima Vicia angustifolia var. gracilis Vicia angustifolia var. hortensis Vicia angustifolia var. lucida Vicia angustifolia var. major Vicia angustifolia var. minor Vicia angustifolia var. ramstadina Vicia angustifolia var. sylvestris Vicia angustifolia var. uliginosa Vicia angustifolia var. willkommii Vicia communis var. linearis Vicia communis var. parviflora Vicia communis var. segetalis Vicia communis var. uncinata Vicia maculata var. minor Vicia sativa subsp. angustifolia Vicia sativa subsp. maculata Vicia sativa var. aristulata Vicia sativa var. atomaria Vicia sativa var. helmeri Vicia sativa var. insubrica Vicia sativa var. linearifolia Vicia sativa var. maculata Vicia sativa var. melanosperma Vicia sativa var. minutifolia Vicia sativa var. nemoralis Vicia sativa var. punctata Vicia sativa var. sallei
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