Vicia hirsuta




Scientific name Vicia hirsuta (L.) S. F. Gray
Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Fabeae
Synonyms Cracca hirsuta (L.) Gennari; Endiusa hirsuta (L.) Alefeld; Ervilia hirsuta (L.) Opiz; Ervilia vulgaris Godron; Ervum hirsutum L.; Ervum sardoum Moris ex Sprengel; Ervum terronii Tenore; Vicia hirsuta (L.) S. F. Gray var. terronii (Tenore) Burnat; Vicia mitchellii Rafinesque; Vicia parviflora Lapeyrouse; Vicioides hirsuta Moench
Common name (Japanese common name) suzume-no-endou (スズメノエンドウ, 雀野豌豆 [meaning: tiny wild vetch])
(English common name) common hairy tare, tiny vetch, tare vetch, tyne grass
Distribution (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) elsewhere in temperate regions
Habitat Field, roadside
Chromosomal number 2n=14
Description Leaves 12-14 leaflets, each 6-13mm long, 1.5-2.5mm wide. Flowers white purple 3-4mm long, flowering in April to June. Fruits ca. 8mm long, hairy. Winter annual plants.
Reference Vicia hirsuta (L.) Gray
Vicia hirsuta (L.) Gray
Quaternary ammonioalkanecarboxylic acid anilides as plant growth influencing agents (US Patent 4233055/1980)
Method of isolating soyasaponins (US Patent 4594412/1986)
Process for the activation of promoters of bacteria (US Patent 5019501/1991)
Method to control gene expression in bacteria, namely $i(Rhizobiaceae), to improve root nodule development, nitrogen fixation and plant biomass production (WIPO Patent WO/2000/028051)
Procede permettant d'accroitre la survie de souches bacteriennes du gerne Rhizobium (WIPO Patent WO/2006/134623)



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