Vicia pannonicaCrantz. Hungarian Vetch

Vicia pannonicaCrantz. - Hungarian Vetch

Scientific Description:

Annual, ± adpressed-pilose; stems decumbent or climbing, 20−80(−110) cm. Leaflets (4−)5−9(−10)-paired, 6−25(−35) × 2−7(−8) mm, linear or linear-oblanceolate to oblong or obovate, obtuse, truncate or retuse; stipules 1−4 mm, semi-hastate to ovate or lanceolate; tendrils simple or branched. Peduncle (like the pedicels) somewhat shorter than calyx, (l−)2−4-flowered. Flowers (14−)16−22 mm, yellowish, whitish-brown or purplish. Calyx 8−13 mm, somewhat gibbous, with a rather oblique lip, densely pilose; teeth unequal, the lower c. as long as tube, linear-subulate. Standard subadpressed-pubescent on the outer surface, limb about as long as claw. Legume oblong, 15−30 × 6−9(−10) mm, acute, convex at the lower edge, densely adpressed pilose-villous. Seeds (2−)3−7(−8), hilum 1/6–1/4 of perimeter.

 

var. pannonica

Corolla yellowish or whitish-brown; standard green- or purple-veined; flowers up to 22 mm.

 

Flowering time: April−July.

Habitat: Cultivated and fallow fields, roadsides, s.l.−1300 m.

 

Reference:

Davis PH & Plitmann U (1970). Vicia pannonica Crantz, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 3: 314.

Public Description:

Vicia pannonica var. pannonica, common name “Hungarian vetch”, is native to Southern and Central Europe and West Asia, but is cultivated as a fodder plant in many parts of the world. It is an annual plant with yellowish or whitish-brown flowers, and grows up to 110 cm in length. It blooms between April and July and is found cultivated and fallow fields and roadsides.

 

References:

Anonymous 1 (2016). https:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicia_pannonica/, Accessed date: 13.02.2016.

Anonymous 2 (2016). http:/www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=3014/, 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.