See other conspecific taxa:

• Vicia sativa (0 accessions)
• Vicia sativa subsp. amphicarpa (0 accessions)
• Vicia sativa subsp. cordata (0 accessions)
• Vicia sativa subsp. devia (0 accessions)
• Vicia sativa subsp. macrocarpa (0 accessions)
• Vicia sativa subsp. nigra (0 accessions)

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

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

• (=) Vicia alba Moench
• (≡) Vicia communis Rouy
• (=) Vicia leucosperma Moench
• (=) Vicia sativa var. leucosperma (Moench) Ser.
• (=) Vicia sativa var. linearis Lange
• (=) Vicia sativa var. obovata Ser.
• (≡) Vicia sativa var. sativa L.

Common names:

• common vetch  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• tare  (Source: Pl Book) - English
• common vetch  (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
• vesce commune  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• vesce fourragère  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• vesce cultivée  (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)
• Ackerwicke  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• Saatwicke  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• veccia angustifoglia  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• veccia comune  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• ervilhaca-comum  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
• alverja  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• arveja  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• veza común  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• jiu huang ye wan dou  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: fodder (fide Enneking 1995; Pl Syst Evol 131:144. 1979)
• Environmental:
• Human food:
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals; mammals

Distributional Range:

Cultivated (widely cult.)

Naturalized (widely natzd.)

Other (exact native range obscure)

References:

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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=41559. Accessed 29 June 2024.