Vicia cracca L.

Vicia cracca L.

Status: Accepted
Genus: Vicia L.
Tribe: Vicieae
References: [754][801][1930][2080]

Other names:

Cracca major Gren. & Godron [Synonym] [754]
Vicia cracca L. Var. canescens Franchet & Savat. [Synonym] [1930]
Vicia cracca L. Var. japonica Miq. [Synonym] [1930]
Vicia oiana Honda [Synonym] [1930]
Vicia oreophila Zert. [Doubtful] [754][1061]
Vicia variabilis Grossh. [Doubtful] [1061]

Common Names:

Bird Vetch [1902]
Boreal Vetch [1902]
Tufted Vetch [1921] [2080]

Descriptors:

Habit:
- Herb
Lifespan:
- Perennial
Stems:
- Climbing
Source(s):
- 1988(Europe)ESFEDS
- 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
- 1993 Bisby FA
- 1996(Japan)Ohashi H
Conservation Status:
- Not Threatened

Uses:

Environmental [2828] [2872]
Forage [2828] [2872]
Medicine [2829]

Geographical Distribution:

Asia [1872] [1881] [1929] [1930] [2827] [2837]
- Afghanistan [1872]
- Iran [1881]
- Japan [1930]
- Korea [2837]
- Taiwan [1929] [2827]

Australasia [1880]
- Australia [1880]
  - South Australia
- Tasmania

Europe [454]
- Albania [754]
- Austria-F.E. [754]
- Belgium-F.E. [754]
- Bulgaria [754]
- Corsica [754]
- Czechoslovakia [754]
- Denmark [754]
- Finland [754]
- Foroyar [754]
- France-F.E. [754]
- Germany [754]
- Great Britain [754]
- Greece [754]
- Hungary [754]
- Iceland [754]
- Ireland-F.E. [754]
- Italy-F.E. [754]
- Kriti [754]
- Netherlands [754]
- Norway [754]
- Poland [754]
- Portugal [454]
- Romania [754]
- Sardegna [754]
- Sicilia [454]
- Spain-F.E. [754]
- Sweden [754]
- Switzerland [754]
- Turkey in Europe [754]
- USSR:B-F.E. [754]
- USSR:C-F.E. [754]
- USSR:E-F.E. [754]
- USSR:K-F.E. [754]
- USSR:N-F.E. [754]
- USSR:W-F.E. [754]
- Yugoslavia [754]

Middle East [454]
- East Aegean Is(Greek) [454]
- Turkey in Asia [454]

North America [2089]
- United States [2089]

Pacific Ocean [2080]
- New Zealand(North) [2080]
- New Zealand(South) [2080]

Notes:

Doubtfully present in Lebanon-Syria. [754]
Japanese distribution: Hokkaido; Honshu; Shikoku; Kyushu [1930]

Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:24:42