Fabaceae
Vicia

Vicia orientalis (Boiss.) Bég. & Diratz.

First published in Contr. Fl. Armen.: 61 (1912)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Greece to Central Asia and Pakistan. It is an 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]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Morphology General Habit
Annual, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Burchak, Chechevitza Golubaya, Chechevitza Vostochnaya, Nask
[ILDIS]

Seed Collecting Guide. RBG Kew (2013-2016)

Morphology General Habit
erect, pale green Annual herb up to 60(-75) cm tall
Morphology Stem
stem square, much-branched, taproot slender
Morphology Leaves Stipules
stipules entire, 2.5-6 mm long
Morphology Leaves
alternate, pinnately compound, with 5-16 leaflets, rachis (1-)2.5-3.5(-5) cm long, usually ending in a tendril or bristle
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
leaflets opposite or alternate, sessile, oblong or elliptical, (3-) 10-15(-20) mm long, (1.5-)2-5(-8) mm wide, margins entire
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
1-4(-7)-flowered, axillary, racemose, peduncle slender, (2-)3-4(-5.5) cm long, pedicel short
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
calyx campanulate, narrowly 5-lobed, tube c. 1.5 mm long, lobes c. 3 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
corolla pale blue, white or pink, standard 5-7 mm x 4-5 mm, wings c. 4.5 mm x 1.5 mm, keel c. 4.5 mm x 2 mm, stamens 10, 9 united and 1 free, anthers uniform; ovary superior, 1-celled, style inflexed, inner surface bearded
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
a rhomboid, laterally compressed pod, 6--20 mm long by 3.5-12 mm wide, glabrous, short-beaked, 1-2(-3)-seeded
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
lens-shaped, 2-9 mm x 2-3 mm, grey, green, brownish green, pale red speckled with black, or black, hilum minute.
Ecology
inland s, often grasslands but sometimes associated with woodland, often occurs on limestone. altitude 250 - 800 m.
Distribution
from Greece Eastwards to Uzbekistan, and from the Crimean penninsula Southwards to Jordan.
Conservation
Least concern
Phenology
Flower (march - june), fruit (march - june)
[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/

  • 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