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Vicia villosa subsp. varia (Host) Corb.

Winter vetch (en), Vesce à fruits poilus (fr), Vesce à gousses velues (fr), Vesce variée (fr)

Subspecies

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Vicia > Vicia villosa

Characteristics

Plants puberulent to glabrous. Raceme usually shorter than or equaling leaf. Calyx: all teeth shorter than tube. Fl. and fr. Jun-Aug. 2n = 14, 28.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.9
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.85
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
Light 7-7
Soil humidity 5-5
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 5-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

The unripe seeds are eaten.
Uses animal food commercial cover plant environmental use fodder forage manure vertebrate poison
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 10 - 24
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Vicia villosa subsp. varia unspecified picture

Distribution

Vicia villosa subsp. varia world distribution map, present in Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Switzerland, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Israel, Italy, Jordan, Libya, Lithuania, Latvia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Sweden, Tunisia, Taiwan, Province of China, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60466360-2
WFO ID wfo-0000212809
COL ID 7L73C
BDTFX ID 71847
INPN ID 142257
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Vicia glabrescens Vicia dasycarpa Vicia varia Cracca varia Vicia pseudovillosa Ervum varium Cracca dasycarpa Cracca varia Vicia plumosa Vicia villosa subsp. varia Vicia villosa var. varia Vicia villosa var. glabrescens Vicia villosa var. eriocarpa Vicia villosa subsp. dasycarpa Vicia villosa var. dasycarpa Cracca villosa subsp. varia Vicia villosa var. leiosolen
WorldFloraDB 2024