Fabaceae
Vicia

Vicia lutea L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 736 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Central Europe to Medit. and Iran. It is a climbing annual and grows primarily in the temperate 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
Annual scrambing herbs, 20-80 cm tall, stems branching at base, vegetative parts usually sparsely hairy
Morphology Leaves Stipules
stipules 2.5--4 mm long, triangular-ovate to semi-hastate
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
leaflets 6--8(-10)-paired, 10-25 x 20-50 mm, oblong, lanceolate or linear, apex rounded or truncate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
axillary, flowers 1-3, subsessile
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
flowers 18-21 mm long; calyx tubular-campanulate, obliquely truncate, tube 4-6.5 mm, teeth linear; corolla 20-30 mm, yellow, often purple-tinged, glabrous, wings shorter than standard
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
pods elliptic to oblong-rhomboid, 25--35 x 7-14 mm, with stiff hairs arising from conspicuous tubercles with stalk­ like bases 1-2 mm across
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
3-6 per fruit, subglobose, testa black or brown, hilum about 1/2 circumference.
Ecology
disturbed and agricultural land, open woodland. altitude 5 - 2200 m
Distribution
Western and Southern Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East.
Conservation
Least concern
Phenology
Flower (march - august), fruit (may - august)
[SCG]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176104/1431472

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds Protein Content

31.60% Entire seed/nut. Moisture content not stated (Barclay & Earle, 1974)

[SID]

International Legume Database and Information Service

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

Uses

Use
Forage, Weed
[ILDIS]

Common Names

English
Yellow-vetch

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 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 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

  • 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