See other conspecific taxa:

• Vicia monantha subsp. monantha (0 accessions)
• Vicia monantha subsp. triflora (0 accessions)

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Vicia biflora Desf.
• (=) Vicia calcarata Desf.

Common names:

• bard vetch  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• spurred vetch  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• square-stem vetch  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• vesce uniflore  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• einblütige Wicke  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• algarroba  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• vimpelvicker  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: fodder (of limited use)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias]
• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
• WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, North Ossetia, Stavropol]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.), Pakistan

Europe

• EASTERN EUROPE: Estonia, Lithuania
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece, Italy (s. & Sardinia, Sicily)
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares)

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=300665. Accessed 29 September 2024.