Fabaceae FAMILY

Vicia sepium

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Vicia sepium is a herbaceous perennial plant with long stolons; It produces a clump of erect stems around 30 - 100cm tall, these stems are unbranched or more or less branching at the base, they have tendrils and sometimes cling to other plants for support[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. , 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurasia - Norway to Portugal, east to eastern Sieria, Mongolia China, central Asia and Turkey

HabitatGrassy places, hedges and thickets, avoiding acid soils[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. Shrubby formations and meadows, mainly forests, rarely as weeds. In mountains at elevations up to 2,550 metres[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].