Vicia villosa Roth

English: Hairy Vetch

German: Zottige Wicke

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

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Fabales (244)

        Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)

          Genus: Vicia (8)

            Epithet: villosa Roth (6)

Synonym: Vicia littoralis Salzm.

littoralis => found on the seashore

villosa => hairy or shaggy

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: blue, purple

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• [1014] Vicia villosa - Plants For A Future