Vicia galeata, Helmeted Vetch,
Hebrew: בקיית הביצות, Arabic: فصة
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| Scientific name: |
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Vicia galeata Boiss. |
| Common name: |
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Helmeted Vetch |
| Hebrew name: |
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בקיית הביצות |
| Hebrew name: |
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فصة |
| Plant Family: |
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Papilionaceae, פרפרניים |
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| Life form: |
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Annual, climber |
| Stems: |
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Erect; in genereral the lower part has a pretty bare stem |
| Leaves: |
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Alternate, compound |
| Flowers: |
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Cream, yellow; calyx slightly violet, green only if lowest tooth longer than tube |
| Fruits / pods: |
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Achene |
| Flowering Period: |
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Februar, march, April, June |
| Habitat: |
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Humid habitats |
| Distribution: |
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The Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands |
| Chorotype: |
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Mediterranean |
| Summer shedding: |
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Ephemeral |
galeata, Latin galea, a helmet; provided with a helmet.
vetch, late 14c., from Old North French, veche, variant of Old French vece, from Latin vicia.
The Hebrew name: בקיה, bakia, Post Biblical Hebrew: vetch; Greek: bikion, from Arabic: بيقية (bikia) or باقية (bakya).
- The standard author abbreviation Boiss. is used to indicate Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 – 1885), a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician.
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