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 |