Israel wildflowers: Hairy yellow vetch
Vicia hybrida, Hairy yellow vetch,
Hebrew: בקיית הכלאיים, Arabic: البيقية الهجينة
| Scientific name: | Vicia hybrida L. | |
| Common name: | Hairy yellow vetch | |
| Hebrew name: | בקיית הכלאיים | |
| Arabic name: | البيقية الهجينة | |
| Family: | Papilionaceae, פרפרניים |
 Location: Sharon, Bnei Zion Nature Reserve |
| Life form: | Therophyte, annual | |
| Stems: | 20-60 cm; plant hairy or glabrescent; climbing, prostrate; stems not tufted | |
| Leaves: | Compound, pinnate, smooth | |
| Flowers: | Inflorescence axillary; calyx 5-lobed, glabrous; Petals separate; corolla papilionaceous; Yellow | |
| Fruits / pods: | Legume, dehiscent, oblong or ellipsoidal, hairy; 3-10 seeded, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, surface smooth, mottled or patchy; olive, brown, or black | |
| Flowering Period: | February, March, April, May | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | ephemeral |
 Location: Sharon, Bnei Zion Nature Reserve Derivation of the botanical name: Vicia, vetch; the classical Latin name for these herbs, perhaps related to vincire to bind.
hybrida, mongrel, hybrid.
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