| Scientific name | Vicia villosa Roth |
| Subfamily | Faboideae |
| Tribe | Fabeae |
| Synonyms | Cracca dasycarpa (Tenore) Alefeld; Cracca varia (Host) Grenier & Godron; Cracca villosa (Roth) Grenier & Godron; Ervum villosum (Roth) Trautvetter; Vicia dasycarpa Tenore; Vicia dasycarpa Tenore var. glabrescens (Koch) Beck; Vicia dasycarpa Tenore var. typica Pospichal; Vicia reuteriana Boissier & Buhse; Vicia varia Host, var. villosa (Roth) Arcangeli; Vicia varia Host; Vicia villosa Roth subsp. dasycarpa (Tenore) Cavillier; Vicia villosa Roth subsp. euvillosa Cavillier; Vicia villosa Roth subsp. varia (Host) Corbiere; Vicia villosa Roth var. glabrescens Koch |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) birodo-kusa-fuji (ビロードクサフジ, 天鵞絨草藤 [meaning: velvety herbal fuji (fuji = Wisteria floribunda)]) |
| (English common name) fodder vetch, hairy vetch, large Russian vetch | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) [native] Russia, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus, Europe, Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia | |
| Habitat | Field, farm yard |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=14 |
| Description | Plants ca. 150cm tall. Leaves 5-12 pairs leaflets, each 15-30mm long, 5-10mm wide. Flowers purple 10-20mm long, flowering in May to August. Vine. Annual or winter annual plants. |
| Reference | Vicia villosa Roth |
| Vicia villosa Roth | |
| Hairy Vetch | |
| Note | Naturalaized plants (introduced for agriculture. first discovered as naturalized plants at Morioka City in 1928). |
| May 2007 at truck farm |
May 2007 at truck farm |
May 2007 at mountane field |
| May 2007 at truck farm |
May 2007 at truck farm |
May 2007 at truck farm |
| May 2007 at truck farm |