Vicia villosa




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).



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May 2007
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May 2007
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May 2007
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May 2007
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