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July 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
July 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
| Scientific name | Vicia cracca L. |
| Subfamily | Faboideae |
| Tribe | Fabeae |
| Synonyms | Vicia cracca L. forma albida Petermann; Vicia cracca L. forma leucantha Nakai; Vicia hiteropus Freyn; Vicia lilacina Ledebour |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) kusa-fuji (クサフジ, 草藤 [meaning: herbal fuji (fuji = Wisteria floribunda)]) |
| (English common name) bird vetch | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan, Mongolia, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus, Europe | |
| Habitat | Field |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=12, 14, 28 |
| Description | Leaves 9-12 pairs leaflets, each 13-35mm long, 2.7mm wide. Flowers blue purple or white (forma albida) 10-12mm long, flowering in May to July. Fruits 2-3cm long, 5-6mm wide. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Vicia cracca L. |
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| July 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
July 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
July 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
