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Vicia villosa

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Roth

Common Names

• Large Russian Vetch
• Fodder Vetch
• Hairy Vetch
• Chang rou mao ye wan dou (Pinyin)
• Birōdo-kusa-fuji (Japan)
• Nayo-kusa-fuji (Japan)
• Winter Vetch
• Arvejilla Menuda
• Bandzhgvliani Tzertzvela
• Garoshak Kasmaty
• Goroshek Mokhnatyi
• Luddvicker
• Mazariche Paroasa
• Ruisvirna
• Veccia Vellutata
• Vesce Velue
• Veza Velluda
• Wyka Kosmata
• Zottel-Wicke

Geographical Habitats

• Algeria
• Germany
• Iran
• Italy
• Portugal

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Apr-Oct (China)
• May-Aug (Great Britain)
• May-Jul (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Apr-Oct (China)

Annual, biennial or rarely perennial scrambling hairy tendril climber totally villose, with tetragonal stems, mucronate or mucronulate villous dentate leaflets, racemes of purple & white flowers to 20mm long, villous calyx with setaceous teeth, deep purple or cream flowers, fruit a brown glabrous pod to 40mm long x 12mm

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• E & M 1970
• FONZ
• FOH
• Mobot
• FOBI
• NYBG
• FOC
• APDC
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• FOJ