Israel wildflowers: Rambling vetch
Vicia peregrina, Rambling vetch,
Hebrew: בקיה מצויה, Arabic: البيقية الأجنبية
| Scientific name: | Vicia peregrina L. | |
| Common name: | Rambling vetch | |
| Hebrew name: | בקיה מצויה | |
| Arabic name: | البيقية الأجنبية | |
| Plant Family: | Papilionaceae, פרפרניים |
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| Life form: | Annual, climber | |
| Stems: | Procumbent to erect, branches appressed pubescent | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, compound | |
| Flowers: | Purple, violet | |
| Fruits / pods: | Fruit 1.5-4.0 cm long, 6-11 mm broad, narrowly oblong, appressed pubescent or sometimes glabrous, seeds 3-7 | |
| Flowering Period: | February, March, April, May | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | The Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Med – Irano-Turanian | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
 Derivation of the botanical name: Vicia, vetch; the classical Latin name for these herbs, perhaps related to vincire to bind.
peregrina, peregrin, “foreign”.
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