Fabaceae
Vicia

Vicia lathyroides L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 736 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to Iran, NW. Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

Seed Collecting Guide. RBG Kew (2013-2016)

Morphology General Habit
Scrambling Annual, stems slender
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules entire or semi-hastate, 2-6.5 mm by 1-4 mm, margins entire or with 1 or 2 teeth
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 3-48 m long, apex with a tendril, 2-12 leaflets per leaf
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 2-23 mm long by 1-9 mm wide, symmetric, margins entire
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Flowers usually solitary, peduncle 1-2 mm, pedicel 1-2 mm; calyx mouth straight, teeth subequal, base not gibbous; all petals approximately equal, purple to pinkish, shape stenonychioid, claw bowing absent, wing marking absent, wing limb without basal folding
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod 13-35 mm long by 3-5 mm wide, linear, more or less laterally flattened, sutures parallel or curved, valves glabrous, septa absent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
4-8(-12) per pod, rounded in cross section, hilum < 1/4 of seed circumference, testa surface rough.
Ecology
A weed of lawns and grazed pastures, open woodland and disturbed land. Altitude: 10 - 1500 m.
Conservation
Least concerned.
Phenology
Flower (unknown), fruit (unknown).
Distribution
From the UK and Scandinavian, eastwards to Turkey, the Caucasus and Iran, Southwards to Jordan and Israel.
[SCG]

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/176113/1432918

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Colombian departments: Bogotá DC.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
[UPFC]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Mediterranean woodland., Mediterranean bushland & thicket
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Chechevichka Chinovidnaya, Chechevichka Soloniskaya, Goroshek Chinovidnyi, Goroshek Olviski, Platterbsen-Wicke, Spring Vetch, Vesce Printaniere
[ILDIS]

Uses

Use Gene Sources
Used as gene sources.
[UPFC]

Use
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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • 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