Israel wildflowers: Common Vetch
Vicia sativa, Vicia angustifolia, Common Vetch,
Hebrew: בקיה תרבותית, Arabic: البيقية المزروعة, Egypt: جلبن “Gilban”
| Scientific name: | Vicia sativa L. | |
| Synonym name: | Vicia angustifolia L. | |
| Common name: | Common Vetch | |
| Hebrew name: | בקיה תרבותית | |
| Arabic name: | البيقية المزروعة | |
| Egypt: | جلبن “Gilban” | |
| Plant Family: | Papilionaceae, פרפרניים |
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| Life form: | Annual, climber | |
| Stems: | To 100 cm long; trailing and climbing, hollow, herbaceous | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, compound | |
| Flowers: | Hermaphrodite, Violet | |
| Fruits / pods: | Legume, 2.5–6 cm, 2.5–8 mm wide, initially hairy, quickly glabrous | |
| Flowering Period: | February, March, April, May, June | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana, Shrub-steppes | |
| Distribution: | The Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | ephemeral |
 Derivation of the botanical name: Vicia, vetch; the classical Latin name for these herbs, perhaps related to vincire to bind.
sativa, cultivated.
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