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Vicia cracca

(Bird Vetch)

Overview

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Belarusian:

Garoshak Myshyny

Common Names in Chinese:

Guang Bu Ye Wan Dou

Common Names in Danish:

Muse-Vikke

Common Names in English:

Bird Vetch, Blue Vetch, Boreal Vetch, Cow Vetch, Tufted Vetch

Common Names in Finnish:

Hiiren Virna, Hiirenvirna

Common Names in French:

Vesce Cracca, Vesce Jargeau (Canada)

Common Names in German:

Vogel-Wicke

Common Names in Italian:

Veccia Montanina

Common Names in Japanese:

Kusa Fuji

Common Names in Kazakh:

Saiyr Zhonshka

Common Names in Komi:

Shyrankytsh, Shyrgyorysh

Common Names in Latvian:

Vanagu Viki

Common Names in Lithuanian:

Melynziedis Vikis

Common Names in Moldavian:

Mezerike Shoarechului

Common Names in Mongolian:

Khulganyn Gish, Yagaankhutzenge

Common Names in Norwegian:

Fuglevikke

Common Names in Polish:

Wyka Ptasia

Common Names in Portuguese:

Cisirão, Ervilhaca-Dos-Passarinhos

Common Names in Russian:

Goroshek Myshinyj, Goroshek Myshynyi, Mazariche Pasareasca, Myshinyi Goroshek

Common Names in Spanish:

Arveja, Veza De Pajaros

Common Names in Swedish:

Kråkvicker

Common Names in Swiss:

Krakvicker

Common Names in Ukrainian:

Goroshok Myshachi

Common Names in Yakut:

Kurrguges Kuruene Vika

Description

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Physical Description

Habit: HerbClimbing: Climbing

Flowers: Bloom Period: June. • Flower Color: blue-violet, lavender, purple, violet

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 36-48" tall.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,701 meters (0 to 15,423 feet).[1]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Cracca major Gren. and Godr. • Vicia cracca var. canescens Franch. and Sav. • Vicia cracca var. japonica Miq. • Vicia heteropus Freyn • Vicia macrophylla (Maxim.)b. Fedtsch. • Vicia oiana Honda • Vicia oreophila Zert. • Vicia variabilis Grossh.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Perennial

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Vicia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 266 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

V. acutifolia (Fourleaf Vetch) · V. alpestris (Goroshek Gornyi) · V. americana (American Deervetch) · V. americana americana (American Purple Vetch) · V. americana mexicana (American Vetch) · V. americana minor (American Vetch) · V. americana var. sinensis (American Vetch) · V. amoena (Cheder Ebs) · V. amoena amoena (Tsuru Fuji Bakama) · V. amurensis (Amaryn Gish) · V. articulata (Monantha Vetch) · V. benghalensis (Hairy Vetch) · V. bithynica (Bithynian Vetch) · V. caroliniana (Carolina Vetch) · V. cassubica (Danzig Vetch) · V. ciceroidea (Goroshek Nutovyi) · V. cracca (Bird Vetch) · V. cracca cracca (Bird Vetch) · V. cracca incana (Bird Vetch) · V. crocea (Goroshek Oranzhevyi) · V. disperma (European Vetch) · V. ervilia (Bitter Vetch) · V. faba (Ackerbohne) · V. faba faba (Ackerbohne) · V. faba minor (Fava-Bean) · V. faba paucijuga (Field Bean) · V. faba var. equina (Field-Bean) · V. faba var. minor (Ackerbohne) · V. faba 'Ackerperle' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Acme' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Alexandria' (Broad Bean 'alexandria') · V. faba 'Alladin' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Andes' Tan' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Annie Steffan's' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Ants' Purple' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Aprovecho' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Aprovecho Large' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Aprovecho Select' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Aquadulce' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Aquadulce Claudia' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Ascott' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Aztec' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Aztec Yellow' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Baba Beltzu' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Banner' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Bell' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Beryl' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Big Ben' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Blue Anton' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Bohusbone' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Bohus Delikatess' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Bonnie Lad' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Bope' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Bowman' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Broad Windsor' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Brunette' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Bunyard's Exhibition' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Cairo Market' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Castillo Franco' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Chak'rusga' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Chiapas Red and Tan' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Coffee Bean' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Coles Dwarf' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Colossal' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Conqueror' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Con Amore' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Copper Fava' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Cordiero' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Crimson-Flowered' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Cuku Pupas' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Cypriot Fava' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Dali' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Deiniol' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Dreadnaught' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Driemaal Wit' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Dwarf Prolific' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Egyptian' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'English Longpod' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Espanola Valley' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Excel' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Express' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Express Longpod' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Extra Early Purple Seed' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Extra Early White Seed' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Feligreen' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Fidrim' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Fillbasket' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Finland' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Foul Muddammmas' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Franz Nachbau' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Frog Island Nation' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Fury' (Broad Bean 'fury') · V. faba 'Futura' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Giant Exhibition Longpod' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Goteryd' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Grebo' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Green Windsor' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Grosse Bohne' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Guatemalan Purple' (Broad Bean) · V. faba 'Gubbestad' (Broad Bean)

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

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Footnotes

  1. Mean = 240.020 meters (787.467 feet), Standard Deviation = 391.990 based on 139,926 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012