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Vicia andicola

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Kunth

Common Names

• Viscia (Bolvia)
• Alberjilla (Ecuador)
• Alverjilla (Peru)

Geographical Habitats

• NW. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru
• N. & NW. Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Riversides
• shrublands
• seasonally inundated areas
• grassland
• disturbed areas
• scrubland
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

Herbaceous pubescent annual or perennial bifid tendril vine with with striate angled stems. 7-12 mucronate leaflets to 18mm x 6mm. 2-6 flowered inflorescence of blue or purple & white flowers to 15mm long, pilose calyx. Glabrous legume to 40mm x 8mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• NYBG
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• ILDIS
• FOPE