Fabaceae
Vicia

Vicia hybrida L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 737 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Medit. to Central Asia and Afghanistan. It is a scrambling annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

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]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176122/1433589

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Mediterranean woodland., Mediterranean bushland & thicket
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Goroshek Pomesnyi, Hairy Yellow-vetch
[ILDIS]

Seed Collecting Guide. RBG Kew (2013-2016)

Morphology General Habit
Annual herbs, ascending or climbing, 20-80 cm tall, covered in pale, adpressed-pilose indumentum
Morphology Leaves Stipules
stipules 2-3 mm long, semi-hastate, apex acuminate, margin sometimes toothed
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
leaflets 4-7(-8)-paired, 5-20 mm long by 3-8 mm wide, those of upper leaves oblong, occasionally linear, those of lower leaves smaller and obovate sometimes cuneate at the base, apex truncate or notched, rarely obtuse. tendrils simple in lower leaves, otherwise branched
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
peduncle very rudimentrary, pedicel shorter than calyx. flowers axillary, solitary, 20-31 mm long; calyx 8-10 mm long, pilose, teeth shorter than tube, lanceolate to linear, lower teeth longer than upper; corolla yellow, standard sericeous-pubescent on outer surface, claw about equalling length of limb
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
pods elliptic, 20-35 x 6-12 mm wide, tapering at both ends, adpressed-pilose, tubercles absent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
2-5 per pod, hilum no more than 1/8 of circumference.
Ecology
cultivated fields, waste ground, grasslands, sandy shores, scrublands, rocky slopes altitude 0 - 1000 m.
Distribution
Mediterranean, Turkey and Romania, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Caucasus least concern
Phenology
Flower (april - may), fruit (no data)
[SCG]

Uses

Use
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 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