Fabaceae
Vicia

Vicia narbonensis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 737 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Madeira, Medit. to Central Asia and W. Himalaya. It is a scrambling annual or perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176095/1429747

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Seed Collecting Guide. RBG Kew (2013-2016)

Morphology General Habit
Annual herbs (8-)15-70 cm tall, stems robust, erect, usually unbranched, vegetative parts subglabrous to pilose
Morphology Leaves Stipules
stipules semi-hastate to semi-orbicular, margin entire, incised or dentate
Morphology Leaves
uppermost leaves with 2-3(-4) pairs of leaflets and ending in a branched tendril, lower leaves with 1(-2) pairs and ending in an awn. leaflets (7-)10-40(-50) mm long by (5-)9-20(-30) mm wide, elliptic, obovate, oblong-lanceolate or ovate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
flowers in axillary groups of 1-3. flowers 16-30 mm long; calyx (7-)8-10(-13) mm long, teeth more or less lanceolate, slightly unequal, 1/2 as long to equalling length of tube; corolla dark violet, rarely lilac or with patches of white, standard more than twice as long as calyx and longer than wings, limb equalling length of claw
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
pod 35-50(-70) mm long by 8-11(15) mm wide, linear-oblong, beaked at the apex, tubercular-hairy becoming glabrous at maturity, margins remaining ciliate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
4-6 per fruit, subglobose, 4-6 mm ling.
Ecology
former cultivated land and fallow pasture, often on limestone or volcanic soils. altitude 0 - 1500 m.
Distribution
Southern Europe, North Africa, Crimea, Caucasus, South-West Asia
Conservation
Least concern
Phenology
Flower (april - june), fruit (no data)
[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]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Mediterranean bushland & thicket
Morphology General Habit
Annual/Perennial, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Goroshek Narbonski, Maus-Wicke, Moor's Pea, Narbon Bean, Narbonne Vetch, Narbonskie Boby Obyknovennye, Tzkhenis Tzertzvela
[ILDIS]

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds Protein Content

25.60% Entire seed/nut. Moisture content not stated (Barclay & Earle, 1974)

[SID]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Morphology General Habit
Annual, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Uses

Use
Environmental, Food and Drink, Forage
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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

  • 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