Fabaceae
Bithynian vetch
Vicia bithynica
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vicia
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- بيقية بيثينية
- Bulgarian
- Битинска глушина
- Czech
- Vikev maloasijská
- English
- Bithynian vetch
- French
- Vesce de Bithynie
- Macedonian
- Бабреста глушина
- Slovenian
- Bitinska grašica
- Swedish
- Turkvicker
- Welsh
- Ffacbysen ruddlas
Synonyms
- Arachus vicioides Medik.
- Ervum bithynicum (L.) Stank.
- Lathyrus barcinonensis Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange
- Lathyrus bithynicus L.
- Lathyrus monocarpus Stoj. & Acht.
- Lathyrus tumidus Willd.
- Lathyrus turgidus Lam.
- Vicia angulosa Gaterau
- Vicia bithynica var. major Arcang.
- Vicia bythynica Schrank
- Vicia minuta Moench
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: User:Victor M. Vicente Selvas, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.