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Fam.: Fabaceae / Legumes  

Genus:  Vicia  L.
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Vicia:   Roman plant name, from vincere = to enwind
   sativa:   planted
 

Vicia sativa var. sativa (resp. convar. sativa since this is a bred plant) with a leaflet width of at least five millimeters is a vetch which was bred long time ago for animal feeding and which formerly has widely been grown. At least in Central Europe this has decreased, since there are now breedings of other Legumes which produce more mass in shorter time. Research in the sixties and seventies of the previous century has shown that its wild-growing archetype is Vicia sativa var. cosentini which is growing in the Mediterranean region.

 

Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, D Neckarhausen 18.5.2023
Fig. 1:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
D Neckarhausen 18.5.2023
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, D Neckarhausen 18.5.2023
Fig. 2:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
D Neckarhausen 18.5.2023
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, D Sinsheim 15.5.2015
Fig. 3:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
D Sinsheim 15.5.2015
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, D Sinsheim 15.5.2015
Fig. 4:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
D Sinsheim 15.5.2015
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, D Sinsheim 15.5.2015
Fig. 5:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
D Sinsheim 15.5.2015
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, D Sinsheim 15.5.2015
Fig. 6:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
D Sinsheim 15.5.2015
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Majorca Banyalbufar 23.4.2011
Fig. 7:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Majorca, Banyalbufar 23.4.2011
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Majorca Port de Andratx 9.4.2012
Fig. 8:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Majorca, Port de Andratx 9.4.2012
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Majorca Port de Andratx 9.4.2012
Fig. 9:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Majorca, Port de Andratx 9.4.2012
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Majorca Pollensa 11.4.2012
Fig. 10:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Majorca, Pollensa 11.4.2012
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Majorca Pollensa 11.4.2012
Fig. 11:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Majorca, Pollensa 11.4.2012
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Croatia Korčula, Prizba 5.4.2006
Fig. 12:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Croatia, Korčula, Prizba 5.4.2006
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Croatia Istria, Poreč 26.5.2006
Fig. 13:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Croatia, Istria, Poreč 26.5.2006
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, F Maures, Bois de Rouquan 12.5.2007
Fig. 14:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
F Maures, Bois de Rouquan 12.5.2007
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, F Maures, Bois de Rouquan 12.5.2007
Fig. 15:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
F Maures, Bois de Rouquan 12.5.2007
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, F Maures, Bois de Rouquan 12.5.2007
Fig. 16:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
F Maures, Bois de Rouquan 12.5.2007
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, F Maures, Bois de Rouquan 12.5.2007
Fig. 17:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
F Maures, Bois de Rouquan 12.5.2007
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, F Col d'Eze 1.5.2023
Fig. 18:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
F Col d'Eze 1.5.2023
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, I Monti Sibillini 8.6.2007
Fig. 19:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
I Monti Sibillini 8.6.2007
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, I Monti Sibillini 8.6.2007
Fig. 20:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
I Monti Sibillini 8.6.2007
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, I Monti Sibillini 8.6.2007
Fig. 21:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
I Monti Sibillini 8.6.2007
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, GR Igoumenitsa 14.5.2008
Fig. 22:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
GR Igoumenitsa 14.5.2008
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, GR Igoumenitsa 14.5.2008
Fig. 23:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
GR Igoumenitsa 14.5.2008
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, GR Peloponnes, Monemvasia 31.3.2013
Fig. 24:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
GR Peloponnes, Monemvasia 31.3.2013
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, GR Peloponnes, Monemvasia 31.3.2013
Fig. 25:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
GR Peloponnes, Monemvasia 31.3.2013
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Rhodos Kimisala-Doline 24.3.2023
Fig. 26:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Rhodos, Kimisala-Doline 24.3.2023
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Rhodos Kimisala-Doline 24.3.2023
Fig. 27:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Rhodos, Kimisala-Doline 24.3.2023
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Rhodos Kattavia 25.3.2023
Fig. 28:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Rhodos, Kattavia 25.3.2023
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Rhodos Kattavia 25.3.2023
Fig. 29:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Rhodos, Kattavia 25.3.2023
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Rhodos Feraklos Castle 26.3.2023
Fig. 30:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Rhodos, Feraklos Castle 26.3.2023
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Rhodos Feraklos Castle 26.3.2023
Fig. 31:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Rhodos, Feraklos Castle 26.3.2023
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Rhodos Feraklos Castle 26.3.2023
Fig. 32:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Rhodos, Feraklos Castle 26.3.2023
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Samos Paleokastro 11.4.2017
Fig. 33:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Samos, Paleokastro 11.4.2017
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Samos Paleokastro 11.4.2017
Fig. 34:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Samos, Paleokastro 11.4.2017
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Samos Ambelos 14.4.2017
Fig. 35:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Samos, Ambelos 14.4.2017
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Samos Ambelos 14.4.2017
Fig. 36:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Samos, Ambelos 14.4.2017
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Crete Ano Zakros 8.4.2015
Fig. 37:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Crete, Ano Zakros 8.4.2015
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Crete Ano Zakros 8.4.2015
Fig. 38:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Crete, Ano Zakros 8.4.2015
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Crete Ano Zakros 8.4.2015
Fig. 39:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Crete, Ano Zakros 8.4.2015
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Crete Ano Zakros 8.4.2015
Fig. 40:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Crete, Ano Zakros 8.4.2015
Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch, Crete Ano Zakros 8.4.2015
Fig. 41:  Vicia sativa var. sativa / Common Vetch
Crete, Ano Zakros 8.4.2015

 


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