Vicia cassubica
| Vicia cassubica | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Vicia |
| Species: | V. cassubica
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| Binomial name | |
| Vicia cassubica | |
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Vicia cassubica, called Kashubian vetch and Danzig vetch, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Vicia. Found in thermophilous oak forests, it also does well in old fields that are in later stages of succession.[3]
Distribution
Native to most of Europe, Turkey, North,Northwest and South European Russia, the Levant, the Caucasus and Iran.[2] [4]
Description
Stem
Naked or short-haired, erect or climbing, about 30-60 cm long.
Leaves
Evenly-spaced, composed of 8-12 pairs of elliptic leaflets. Their short and numerous lateral nerves growing at a 45° angle to the main nerve are reticulate. The bracts are entire-edged. Blooms from June to July.
Flowers
Collected in clusters of 5-14 purple-violet butterfly flowers, whose corolla is 12-15 mm long. Their filament is at least as long as a petal. The clusters are shorter than the leaves that grow at an angle.
Fruit
Egg-like pods about 1.5 cm long containing usually 1-2 seeds.
References
- ^ Sp. Pl.: 735 (1753)
- ^ a b "Vicia cassubica L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ Falinski, J.B. (30 June 1986). Vegetation Dynamics in Temperate Lowland Primeval Forests: Ecological Studies in Białowieza Forest. Springer Netherlands. ISBN 978-94-010-8631-8.
Potentillo albae-Quercetum
- ^ "Taxonomy Detail GRIN-Global". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 2025-07-08.