Fabaceae
Vicia

Vicia sepium L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 737 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to China and W. Himalaya, Morocco. It is a scrambling perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Aed-Hiirehernes, Bush Vetch, Cheper Lerke, Garoshak Plotavy, Goroshek Zabornyi, Goroshok Plotovoi, Gyulul, Khermiin Gish, Lyada, Mazerike Shoarechului, Myshak, Patvorinis Vikis, Saiyr Zhonshka, Shyrankytsh, Shyrgyorysh, Vik Tzankapati, Zaun-Wicke, Zogu Ku
[ILDIS]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176091/1429075

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Uses

Use
Chemical products, Environmental, Food and Drink, Forage, Weed
[ILDIS]

Common Names

English
Bush Vetch

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images