Common name
English: Tufted vetch
German: Vogel-Wicke
Portuguese: Ervilhaca
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2713)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2628)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2216)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)
Genus: Vicia (8)
Epithet: cracca L. (1)
Synonyms: Cracca major Gren. & Godr., Vicia heteropus Freyn, Vicia macrophylla (Maxim.) B.Fedtsch., Vicia oiana Honda
cracca => name used by Pliny the Elder for a vetch
heteropus => with variable stalks (orthographic variant of heteropodus)
macrophylla => large leaved
major => larger than the type
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue, purple, white