HYPP-A Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie
Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon

Bayer Code : victs

Scientific name: Vicia parviflora Cavanilles


Synonym(s) of Sc. name:

Classification: Leguminosae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: Vicia parviflora

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Schmalfiedrige Wicke ; ES : veza parviflora ; FR : vesce à petites fleurs ; IT : veccia gracile ;

Biological type: Annual


Seed snapshot Seed:

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Seedling:

- Cotyledons obscure (hypogeal germination).

- Leaves pinnately divided.


Adult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 20-50 cm. Plant slender, glabrescent.

- Stem slender and branched.

- Leaves with 2-6 pairs of leaflets with a terminal simple or branched tendril.

- Flowers purple, 6-8 mm long, solitary or 2-5 on peduncles longer than the leaf.

- Fruit : pod 12-16 x 3 mm, rounded tip, 3-6-seeded.

- Biological type: annual.

Mistake with: Vicia villosa , Vicia pubescens , Vicia hirsuta


Ecological profile (click on flags): France   Present     Portugal  Rare    

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