Vicia sepium




Family Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Fabeae
Scientific name Vicia sepium L.
Synonyms Atossa sepium Alefeld; Faba sepium Bernhardt; Vicia anomala Boenninghausen; Vicia dumetorum L.; Vicia oxyphylla Schur; Vicia rotundifolia Gilibert; Victa sativa L. subsp. augustifolia (L.) Gaudin var. segetalis (Thuillier) Séringe; Vicia separia Dulac; Vicia sepium L. var. microphylla Schur; Victa sepium L. var. montana (W. D. J. Koch) A. Fröhl; Vicia sepium L. var. parvifolia Carion; Vicia sordida Salisbury; Vicia subrotunda Schur; Vicioides sepium (L.) Moench; Wiggersia sepium (L.) G.Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb
Common name (Japanese common name) karasu-no-endou (カラスノエンドウ, 烏野豌豆 [small wild vetch]), yahazu-endou (ヤハズエンドウ, 矢筈野豌豆 [meaning: arrownock wild vetch])
(English common name) bush vetch
Distribution (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) elsewhere in temperate regions
Habitat Field
Chromosomal number 2n=12, 14
Description Plants 50-150cm long. Leaves, leaflets 1-2.5cm long, 3-7mm wide. Flowers purple or pink 12-18mm long, flowering in March to June. Fruits 3-4cm long, 5-9mm wide. Winter annual plants.
Reference Vicia sepium L.
Vicia sepium L.
Regulatory regions from Papaveraceae (US Patent 7312376/2007)
Protein kinase stress-related polypeptides and methods of use in plants (US Patent 7303919/2007)
Remodeling and glycoconjugation of peptides (US Patent 7276475/2007)



April 2009
at roadside
April 2009
at roadside
April 2009
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April 2009
at roadside



May 2007
at open field
May 2007
at open field