| Accepted name: |
Vicia hirsuta (L.) A. Gray |
| Synonym(s): |
-Ervum hirsutum L. -Vicia mitchelli Raf.
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| English names: |
Hairy Tare Hairy Vetch
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| French names: |
Vesce hérissée
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Fabaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HVICHI (to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Seeds were used as famine food also in Germany during World War I (presumably collected from the wild)(1). |
| Key Characters: |
- |