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Vicia bithynica

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Linnaeus) Linnaeus

Common Names

• Bithynian Vetch
• Chechevichka Vifinskaya
• Goroshek Vifinski
• Vesce De Bithynie

Geographical Habitats

• N. Africa
• Asia Minor
• England
• S. France
• Italy
• Portugal
• Scotland
• Spain
• Turkey
• Wales

Natural Habitats

• Shrubland
• hedgerows
• coastal

Flowering Times

• May-Jun (GB)

Fruiting Times

Trailing or climbing glabrous or pilose perennial with branched tendrils and tetragonal stems, mucronate leaflets hairy beneath. Solitary or paired flowers to 20mm purple standard & keel, hairy calyx, white wings, fruit a tawny-hairy erect pod to 40mm. Villous reticulated turgid legume

Further References

• FOBI
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus