- Source: Vicia lutea
Vicia lutea (yellow vetch, smooth yellow vetch) is a species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae.
Distribution
It is native to Europe, western Asia, and North Africa, and it is known on other continents as an introduced species.
Description
It is an annual herb. It has leaves made up of several pairs of oblong or linear leaflets each 1 to 2 centimeters long. It produces solitary flowers or clusters of up to 3 flowers with yellow or purple-tinged corollas up to 3 centimeters in length.
References
Jepson Manual Treatment
USDA Plants Profile
"Vicia lutea". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
External links
Photo gallery
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Vicia
- Flora Lebanon
- Vicia lutea
- Vicia
- Vicia grandiflora
- List of Vicia species
- V. lutea
- List of superrosids of Great Britain and Ireland
- Yellow vetch
- List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names
- Flora of Malta
- Vicia orobus
