Fabaceae
Vicia

Vicia bithynica (L.) L.

First published in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1166 (1759)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Azores, W. Europe to Medit. and Caucasus, N. Pakistan to W. Himalaya. It is a scrambling annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176111/1432457

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Seed Collecting Guide. RBG Kew (2013-2016)

Morphology General Habit
Annual climbers, 20-70 cm tall, branching at the base, stems slender, acutely angular
Morphology Leaves Stipules
stipules asymmetrical, sagittate, 4-26 mm by 2-16 mm, margins with 3-8 subulate teeth in apical half
Morphology Leaves
leaves 12-67 mm long, tendril present at apex
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
leaflets 1-3-paired, 10-70 x 2-31 mm, symmetric, those of lower leaves shorter and wider than upper leaves, margins entire
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
peduncles shorter than leaves, 1-69 mm, with 1-2 flowers, pedicel 1-5 mm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
flowers 11-22 mm long; calyx mouth straight, teeth subequal; all petals approximately equal length, standard blue or purple, stenonychioid (lamina contacting into a narrow claw and no distinct constriction between lamina and claw), upper standard surface glabrous, wing marking absent, wing limb slightly folded at base
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
pod 23-47 mm by 6-11 mm, rhomboid, laterally flattened, sutures parallel, valves pubescent, hairs SWollen at the base, septa present
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
2-7 per fruit, round, not laterally flattened, hilum <1/4 of seed circumference, lens positioned near hilum, testa smooth.
Ecology
agricultural and disturbed land, rarely on woodland edges. altitude0 - 750 m
Conservation
Least concern
Phenology
Flower (march - may), fruit (march - december)
Distribution
Western and Eastern Europe, Turkey, Iran and Caucasus.
[SCG]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Mediterranean grasslands.
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Bithynian Vetch, Chechevichka Vifinskaya, Goroshek Vifinski, Vesce De Bithynie
[ILDIS]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Uses

Use
Weed
[ILDIS]

Common Names

English
Bithynian Vetch

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Seed Collection Guides

    • Seed Collection Guides
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0