Taxon:  Vicia sativa L. subsp. nigra (L.) Ehrh.



Summary
Genus:
Vicia
Subgenus:
Vicia
Section:
Vicia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Fabeae
Nomen number:
41566
Place of publication:
Hannover. Mag. 18:229.  1780
Verified:
07/01/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
159 (127  active, 83  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Vicia sativa L. (517 active accession[s])
Vicia sativa L. subsp. amphicarpa (L.) Batt. (10 active accession[s])
Vicia sativa L. subsp. cordata (Wulfen ex Hoppe) Batt. (5 active accession[s])
Vicia sativa L. subsp. devia J. G. Costa (0 active accession[s])
Vicia sativa L. subsp. macrocarpa (Moris) Arcang. (0 active accession[s])
Vicia sativa L. subsp. sativa (84 active accession[s])
Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  3. Allkin, R. et al. 1986. Names and synonyms of species and subspecies in the Vicieae: issue 3. In: Bisby, F. A. et al., Vicieae Database Project 7:68.
  4. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  5. Berger, J. D. et al. 2003. Agricultural potential of Mediterranean grain and forage legumes: 1) Anti-nutritional factor concentrations in the genus Vicia. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 50:201-212. Note: it examined four accessions of this taxon, of all four anti-nutritional factors (glutamyl-beta-Cyano-alanine, phenols, tannins and proteinase inhbitors) only one (glutamyl-beta-Cyano-alanine) was higher than other subspecies
  6. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning Note: poisonous
  7. Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 154.
  8. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  9. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  10. Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. Note: = Vicia angustifolia L.
  11. Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang. 1987. Taxonomic treatment of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Taiwan. Taiwania 32:11-117.
  12. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  13. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  14. Raynaud, C. 1976. Monographie et iconographie du genre Vicia L. au Maroc. Bull. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V. 1:153.
  15. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  16. Thulin, M. 1983. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
  17. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
  18. Turner, B. L. 1959. The legumes of Texas.
  19. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
  20. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  21. van de Wouw, M. et al. 2001. Molecular taxonomy of Vicia ser. Vicia based on amplified fragment length polymorphisms. Pl. Syst. Evol. 229:91-105.
  22. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishblack-pod vetch as Vicia angustifolia1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishnarrow-leaf vetch  1Turner, B. L. 1959. The legumes of Texas.
Chinesezhai ye ye wan dou窄叶野豌豆 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
English (Canada)narrow-leaved vetch  Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 154.
French (Canada)vesce noire Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 154.
Germanschmalblättrige Wicke as Vicia angustifolia2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishaverijilla as Vicia angustifolia2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishliten sommarvicker  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Swedishstor sommarvicker  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transliterated Russiangorošek uzkolistnyj as Vicia angustifolia2Takhtajan, A. L., ed. 1954-1987. Flora Armenii.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  Thulin, M. 1983. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  Raynaud, C. 1976. Monographie et iconographie du genre Vicia L. au Maroc. Bull. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V. 1:153.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  Pottier-Alapetite, G. 1979-1981. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq.
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationChecheno-Ingushetia Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKabardino-Balkaria Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKaračaevo-Čerkesskaja Respublika Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKrasnodar Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationNorth Ossetia Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationStavropol Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChina  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan s.e.Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  Inst. Bot. V. L. Komarova, Acad. Sci. URSS. 1963-. Plantae asiae centralis.
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  Inst. Bot. V. L. Komarova, Acad. Sci. URSS. 1963-. Plantae asiae centralis.
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan s.Inst. Bot. V. L. Komarova, Acad. Sci. URSS. 1963-. Plantae asiae centralis.
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
1NativeAsia-TemperateMongoliaMongoliaGovi-Altay Inst. Bot. V. L. Komarova, Acad. Sci. URSS. 1963-. Plantae asiae centralis.
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationIrkutsk Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKrasnoyarsk Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKurganskaja oblast' Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationNovosibirsk Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationSverdlovsk Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationTomsk Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberias.Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. 1991. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeBelarus  Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeEstonia  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLatvia  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLithuania  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationArkhangelsk Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationBelgorod Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationBryansk Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationČuvašskaja Respublika Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationIvanovo Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationKaliningrad Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationKalužskaja oblast' Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationKarelia Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationKirov Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationKomi Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationKostroma Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationKursk Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationLeningradskaja oblast' Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationLipeckaja oblast' Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationMarij Èl, Respublika Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationMordovija, Respublika Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationMoscow Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationMurmansk Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationNovgorod Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationOrel Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationPenza Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationPerm Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationPskovskaja oblast' Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationRostov Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationRyazan Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationSaratov Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationSmolensk Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationTambov Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationTatarstan Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationTula Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationUdmurtia Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationUlyanovsk Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationVladimir Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationVolgogradskaja oblast' Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationVologda Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationVoronezh Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationYaroslavl Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine incl. KrymTutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzechoslovakia  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeNetherlands  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeFinland  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeIreland  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, SicilyTutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. CorsicaTutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
2Cultivated    also cult.Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere in temperate regionsTurner, B. L. 1959. The legumes of Texas.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karačaevo-Čerkesskaja Respublika, Krasnodar, North Ossetia, Stavropol]
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia (s.)], Russian Federation [Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kurganskaja oblast', Novosibirsk, Sverdlovsk, Tomsk]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan (s.e.), Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan (s.), Uzbekistan
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia [Govi-Altay]
  • CHINA: China
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Czechoslovakia, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Russian Federation [Čuvašskaja Respublika, Karelia, Komi, Marij Èl, Respublika, Mordovija, Respublika, Tatarstan, Udmurtia, Arkhangelsk, Belgorod, Bryansk, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Kalužskaja oblast', Kirov, Kostroma, Kursk, Leningradskaja oblast', Lipeckaja oblast', Moscow, Murmansk, Novgorod, Orel, Penza, Perm, Pskovskaja oblast', Rostov, Ryazan, Saratov, Smolensk, Tambov, Tula, Ulyanovsk, Vladimir, Volgogradskaja oblast', Vologda, Voronezh, Yaroslavl], Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere in temperate regions)

Reference(s)
  1. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  2. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  3. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  4. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  5. Inst. Bot. V. L. Komarova, Acad. Sci. URSS. 1963-. Plantae asiae centralis.
  6. Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. 1991. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist
  7. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  8. Pottier-Alapetite, G. 1979-1981. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones.
  9. Raynaud, C. 1976. Monographie et iconographie du genre Vicia L. au Maroc. Bull. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V. 1:153.
  10. Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2.
  11. Thulin, M. 1983. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
  12. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq.
  13. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
  14. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
  15. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
  16. Turner, B. L. 1959. The legumes of Texas.
  17. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: = Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L.
  18. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  19. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  20. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
  21. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Zohary, D. & U. Plitmann. 1979. Chromosome polymorphism, hybridization and colonization in the Vicia sativa Group (Fabaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 131:145. DOI: 10.1007/BF00984128. Note: = Vicia sativa subsp. nigra var. segetalis (Thuill.) Ser.
Environmentalsoil improvergreen manureGraham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. Note: = Vicia angustifolia L.
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsas Vicia angustifoliaKingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: as Vicia angustifolia
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsas Vicia angustifoliaKellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa Note: as Vicia angustifolia
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=41566. Accessed 12 May 2026.