Vicia narbonensisL. Narbon Vetch

Vicia narbonensisL. - Narbon Vetch

Scientific Description:

Stout, subglabrous to pilose-hirsute annual, (8−)15−70 cm. The upper leaves with 2−3(−4) pairs of leaflets, the lower with 1(−2) pairs; leaflets large, (7−)10−40(−50) × (5−)9−20(−30) mm, elliptic or oblong-lanceolate to ovate-orbicular or obovate; stipules semi-hastate to semi-orbicular, entire to dentate or incised; tendrils simple or branched. Peduncle shorter than flowers, 1−6-flowered. Flower 16−30 mm, ± concolorous, usually dark violet, infrequently lilac or tinged with cream. Calyx (7−)8−10(−13) mm, mouth slightly oblique; teeth somewhat unequal, ± lanceolate, 1/2 as long to as long as tube. Standard 2−5/2 × as long as calyx, with the limb as long as the claw and manifestly longer than the wings. Legumes 35−50(−70) × 8−11(−15) mm, linear-oblong, with a recurved beak, ± tubercled-hairy, becoming glabrescent at maturity except for the tubercled-ciliate margins. Seeds (3−)4−6(−7), subglobose, 4−6 mm, hilum short.

 

var. narbonensis

Leaflets ovate to elliptic or obovate, entire, sometimes sparsely denticulate towards the apex; stipules entire or dentate.

 

Flowering time: April−June.

Habitat: Mainly fallow fields, on limestone and volcanic soils, s.l.−1500 m.

 

Reference:

Davis PH & Plitmann U (1970). Vicia narbonensis L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 3: 321−322.

Public Description:

Vicia narbonensis var. narbonensis, known as “narbon vetch”, is native to South Europe, West Asia, and North Africa. It is an annual herb with dark violet, creamy or lilac flowers, and grows up to 70 cm in length. It blooms between April and June and is found in mainly fallow fields, on limenstone and volcanic soils.

 

References:

Anonymous (2016). http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Vicia+narbonensis//, Accessed date: 13.02.2016.

Ertekin S A (2012). Vicia L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 500–505.