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Common name

English: Hairy Vetch

German: Zottige Wicke

Mandarin: 长柔毛野豌豆 (chang rou mao ye wan dou)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Fabales (241)

        Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)

          Genus: Vicia (8)

            Epithet: villosa Roth (6)

Synonym: Vicia littoralis Salzm.

littoralis => found on the seashore

villosa => hairy or shaggy

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: blue, purple

External links

Check for Vicia villosa at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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