Pan India Bouquets

Vicia sepium L.

Family : Fabaceae
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
Subfamily : Faboideae
Synonym(s) : Atossa sepium (L.) Alef.; Faba sepium (L.) Bernh.; Vicia drymeja Schur; Vicia eriocalyx (Celak.) Landolt; Vicia montana Froel. ex W.D.J.Koch; Vicia oxyphylla Schur; Vicia pratensis Wallr.; Vicia pseudosepium Nyman; Vicia rotundifolia Gilib.; Vicia separia Dulac; Vicia sepium var. angustifolia Schur; Vicia sepium subsp. eriocalyx (Celak.) Holub; Vicia sepium var. hartii Akeroyd; Vicia sepium var. microphylla Schur; Vicia sepium var. montana W.D.J.Koch; Vicia sepium var. ovata Schur; Vicia sordida Salisb.; Vicia tricolor Schur; Vicioides sepium (L.) Moench; Wiggersia sepium (L.) G.Gaertn.; B.Mey. & Scherb.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Vicia sepium L.
Common name : Bush Vetch, Hedge Vetch
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Forest margins, hedges, hillocks, hill slopes, grasslands, fields, roadsides; 1000-2200 m. altitude
Flower, Fruit : March-August
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Europe to North China and Himalaya, Morocco
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Europe to North China and Himalaya, Morocco and Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Korea, Magadan, Mongolia, New York, Primorye, Sakhalin, Tuva, Vermont, Virginia, Yakutskiya
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 113
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Vicia sepium. Downloaded on 10 December 2023.

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