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Vicia cracca

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Vetch
• Tufted Vetch
• Bird Vetch
• Canada Pea
• Cow Vetch
• Guang bu ye wan dou (Pinyin)
• Kusa-fuji (Japan)
• Boreal Vetch
• Arveja
• Boreal Vetch
• Garoshak Myshyny
• Goroshek Myshynyi
• Goroshok Myshachi
• Hiiren Virna
• Khulganyn Gish
• Krakvicker
• Kurrguges Kuruene Vika
• Mazariche Pasareasca
• Melynziedis Vikis
• Mezerike Shoarechului
• Saiyr Zhonshka
• Shyranky

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Chingqing
• Fujian
• Gansu
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hebei
• Helongjiang
• Henan
• Hubei
• Jiangxi
• Jilin
• Liaoning
• Nei Mongol
• Shaanxi
• Shanghai
• Shanxi
• Sichuan
• Xinjiang
• Xizang
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• Europe
• Hokkaido
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Shikoku - Japan
• Kazakhstan
• Korea
• Kyrgrzstan
• Russia
• N. Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Grassland
• shrubland
• forest
• forest edges
• thickets
• pasture
• streamside
• disturbed areas

Flowering Times

• Apr-Sep (China) Jun-Aug (GB)
• May-Jul (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• May-Oct (China)

Perennial pubescent scrambling tendril herb to 1.5m with branched tendrils, leaves to 150mm long, cirrhus at apex, pubescent mucronate leaflets to 30mm x 6mm. 150mm long racemes, up to 40-flowered racemes of 15mm purple or blue & purple flowers, glabrous fruit to 30mm long x 7mm, a narrow brown pod,

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• FONZ
• FOC
• FOBI
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOJ
• ILDIS