Vicia sepium L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Bush Vetch
🇫🇷 Vesce des haies

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Fabids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Vicia
Species: Vicia sepium

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

V. sepium var. eriocalyx Čelak., 1881;
V. sepium var. hartii Akeroyd, 1996;
V. sepium var. montana W.D.J.Koch, 1835;
V. sepium var. sepium L., 1753, P.

Photographs

img/vicia-sepium.webp — Vicia sepium

img/vicia-sepium-2.webp — Vicia sepium

img/vicia-sepium-3.webp — Vicia sepium

Sources

Osborne, J. (2011). Vicia sepium (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176091/7173553
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 762). Biotope.