Fabaceae
Vicia

Vicia peregrina 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 Vietnam. It is a scrambling annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

Seed Collecting Guide. RBG Kew (2013-2016)

Morphology General Habit
Annual herbs 10-70(-95) cm tall, stems slender, ascending, vegetative parts pubescent, hairs often adpressed. stipules 2-4 mm long, lower ones semi-hastate and 1-2-toothed, the upper ones entire
Morphology Leaves
leaflets 2-3-paired in lower leaves, 3-8-paired in upper leaves, 5-35(-40) mm long by 0.5-5(-6) mm wide, narrowly linear, oblanceolate, base cuneate or narrowly tapering, apex retuse or praemorse, sometimes acute or rounded
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
flowers usually solitary and axillary, pedicel about equalling length of calyx; calyx tubular­ campanulate, mouth oblique, teeth unequal, lower teeth longer and narrower than upper; corolla purple, standard deeper in colour than wings
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
pods up to 40 mm long, oblong to linear, flattened, apex beaked, covered with short, appressed hairs, glabrescent with ripening
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
4-6 per fruit, 3-4.5 mm in diameter, slightly angular, velutinous, hilum up to 1/10 of circumference.
Ecology
woodland and scrub, often associated with quercus, rocky slopes, cultivated fields. altitude 0 - 1400 m
Distribution
Mediterranean, Crimea, Caucasus, Central Asia.
Conservation
Near endangered
Phenology
Flower (march - june), fruit (no data)
[SCG]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176126/1434089

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

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]

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds Protein Content

29.50% 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
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Goroshek Inozemnyi, Goroshek Krupnosemyannyi, Goroshek Tonki
[ILDIS]

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/

  • 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