Fabaceae
Vicia

Vicia ervilia (L.) Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1103 (1802)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Medit. to Central Asia. It is an annual or biennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds Protein Content

22.80% Entire seed/nut. Moisture content not stated (Barclay & Earle, 1974)

[SID]

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]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Cultivated, Mediterranean/Sahara regional transition zone; grassland.
Morphology General Habit
Annual/Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Bitter Vetch, Frantzuzskaya Chechevitza, Garoshak Patzerkapadobny, Gomuk, Goroshek Chetkoobraznyi, Linsen-Wicke, Steinlinse
[ILDIS]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/180099/19397764

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Uses

Use
Environmental, Food and Drink, Forage, Weed
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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 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 Information Database

    • Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. (2019) Seed Information Database (SID). Version 7.1. Available from: http://data.kew.org/sid/ (September 2019)
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/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