Fabaceae
Vicia

Vicia lenticula (Hoppe) Janka

First published in Természetrajzi Füz. 9: 138 (1885)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Medit. to Caucasus, NE. & E. Central Tropical Africa. It is an annual or perennial 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]

Seed Collecting Guide. RBG Kew (2013-2016)

Morphology General Habit
suberect, straggling or climbing Annual herbs, up to 0.3 m tall
Morphology Stem
stems slender, angular, much branched
Morphology Leaves
4-6 foliate; leaflets narrowly oblong or linear, 0.4-1.4 cm long, 1-4 mm wide, glabrous to thinly hairy; petiole very short to obsolete; rachis produced into a short awn or slender unbranched tendril, stipules 1-2mm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
inflorescence1-2 flowered (but flowers mostly solitary); calyx glabrescent or hairy; tube 1.5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
corolla pale to bright blue; standard rounded, ± 3mm in diameter
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
pods oblong, very compressed, 7-9 mm long, 3.5-4 mm wide, finely puberulous to adpressed pubescent or rarely glabrescent save for ciliate margins
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
black and dark brown mottled, more or less circular in outline, compressed, 2-2.5mm in diameter, 1.5mm thick.
Ecology
grasslands, especially in montane areas. altitude 2300 - 2550 m.
Distribution
Confined mainly to Mediterranean region, with isolated populations from Ethiopia and Uganda.
Conservation
Least concern
Phenology
Flower (june - november), fruit (june - january)
[SCG]

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Suberect, straggling or more or less climbing annual herb 15–25 cm. long.
Morphology Stem
Stems slender, angular, much branched, sparsely hairy or more or less glabrous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 4–6-foliolate; leaflets narrowly oblong or linear, 0·4–14 (–2·3) cm. long, 1–4 mm. wide, acute or rounded and usually shortly apiculate at the apex, rounded or cuneate at the base, glabrous to thinly hairy; petiole very short or obsolete; rhachis produced into a short awn or slender unbranched tendril; stipules semisagittate or ovate-lanceolate, 1–2 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence 1–2-flowered (but mostly flowers solitary); peduncle filiform, (0·8–)1–4 cm. long; bract-like awn minute or absent; pedicel 1–2 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx glabrescent or hairy; tube 1·5 mm. long; lobes linear-subulate, 2–3 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla pale to bright blue; standard rounded, ± 3 mm. in diameter.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods oblong, very compressed, (6–)7–9 mm. long, (2·5–)3·5–4 mm. wide, finely puberulous to adpressed pubescent or rarely glabrescent save for ciliate margins.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds black and dark brown mottled, more or less circular in outline, compressed, 2–2·5 mm. in diameter, 1·5 mm. thick.
Figures
Fig. 154.
Habitat
Upland grassland; 2300–2550 m.
Distribution
widespread in the Mediterranean region and also in the Caucasus U2
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Afromontane grassland, Mediterranean forests.
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Chechevitza Linzoobraznaya
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • 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

  • 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