Vicia amurensis




Scientific name Vicia amurensis Oettingen
Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Fabeae
Synonyms Vicia amuransis Oettingen forma senheensis Y. Q. Jiang & S. M. Fu; Vicia amuransis Oettingen var. alba Ohasi & Tateishi; Vicia amurensis Oettingen var. pallida (Turczaninow) Kitagawa; Vicia amurensis Oettingen var. pratensis (Komarov) Hara; Vicia amurensis Oettingen var. silvatica (Komarov) Hara; Vicia japonica A. Gray subsp. amurensis (Oettingen) Kitamura; Vicia japonica A. Gray var. pratensis Komarov; Vicia japonica A. Gray var. silvatica Komarov; Vicia pallida Turczaninow, non Baker, non Hooker & Arnott; Vicia pallida Turczaninow, non Baker, non Hooker & Arnott var. pratensis (Komarov) Nakai; Vicia ussuriensis Oettingen; Vicia vaniotii H. Léveillé
Common name (Japanese common name) nohara-kusa-fuji (ノハラクサフジ, 野原草藤 [meaning: field herbal fuji (fuji = Wisteria floribunda)])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (north of Central region)
(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, China
Habitat Mountane field, forest edge
Chromosomal number 2n=12
Description Plants creeping 50-100cm long. Leaves 5-8 pairs leaflets, each 1-2cm long, 5.10mm wide. Flowers blue purple ca. 10-12mm long, flowering in June to September. Vine, Perennial plants.
Reference Vicia amurensis Oett.



July 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
July 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
July 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden



July 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden