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Fabaceae

Bird vetch

Vicia cracca L.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Vicia

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Bird vetch (Vicia cracca)
FlowerPhoto: Kallum McDonald, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (49)
Arabic
بيقية معنقدة, افاقى, دندران
Armenian
Արտին
arz
بيقيه معنقده
Asturian
Llerica
Belarusian
Гарошак мышыны, Гарох мышыны, Мышачы гарох
Bulgarian
Птича глушина
Catalan
Garlanda comuna
Chinese
多花野碗豆, 广布野豌豆, 阿尔泰野豌豆, 阿爾泰野豌豆, 草藤, 落豆秧, 西藏凹乳芹根, 光叶苕子
csb
Ptôsznik
Czech
Vikev ptačí
Danish
Musevikke
dsb
Ptaškowa wójka
Dutch
Vogelwikke
English
Bird vetch, Tufted vetch, Blue vetch, Boreal vetch, Cow vetch
Esperanto
Birda vicio, Vicio birda
Estonian
Harilik hiirehernes
Finnish
Hiirenvirna, Hiirenherne
French
Vesce craque, Vesce cracca, Vesce à épis
frp
Pês-de-bots, Pesèt, Pesèta
frr
Blä Kaatstört
German
Vogel-Wicke, Gewöhnliche Vogel-Wicke, Vogelwicke
hsb
Ptača woka, Dźiwja woka, Sočk, Wočka
Hungarian
Kaszanyűg-bükköny
Icelandic
Umfeðmingur
Irish
Peasair na luch
Japanese
クサフジ
kw
Gwegbys tosek
Latvian
Vanagu vīķis
Lithuanian
Mėlynžiedis vikis
Macedonian
Птичја глушина, Птичји граор
mrj
Каля пырса
Norwegian Bokmål
Fuglevikke
Norwegian Nynorsk
Fuglevikke
olo
Hiirenherneh
os
Хъæддаг хъæдур
Persian
ماشک کلاغی
Polish
Wyka ptasia
Russian
Горошек мышиный, Вика мышиная, Вязель, Горох гусиный, Горошек гадючий, Горошек крупнолистный
se
Sáhpal, Fierbmerássi
Slovak
Vika vtáčia
Slovenian
Ptičja grašica
Spanish
Algarrobilla de monte, Alverja silvestre, Arveja silvestre, Verza, Zapatetas locas, Alberjacas, Alvejón, Alverja
Swedish
Kråkvicker
Tatar
Тычкан борчагы
udm
Шыркӧжы
Ukrainian
Горошок мишачий
vep
Hirenherneh
Vietnamese
Liên đậu
Welsh
Ffacbysen y berth

Synonyms

  • Cracca major Gren. & Godr.
  • Cracca major Godr. & Gren.
  • Cracca plumosa Timb.-Lagr.
  • Cracca pyrenaica Gren. ex Rouy & Foucaud
  • Cracca vulgaris Opiz
  • Ervum cracca (L.) Trautv.
  • Vicia australis Ten.
  • Vicia azurea Schur
  • Vicia cracca f. canescens Maxim.
  • Vicia cracca f. cracca
  • Vicia cracca f. etiamalba B.Boivin
  • Vicia cracca f. humilis Neuman
  • Vicia cracca f. leucantha Nakai
  • Vicia cracca f. macrophylla Maxim.
  • Vicia cracca f. pallidiflora Maxim.
  • Vicia cracca f. pulchra Druce
  • Vicia cracca subsp. cracca
  • Vicia cracca subsp. galloprovincinalis Asch. & Graebn.
  • Vicia cracca subsp. gerardi Gaudin
  • Vicia cracca subsp. gerardii Gaudin
  • Vicia cracca subsp. imbricata Rouy
  • Vicia cracca subsp. kitaibeliana (Rchb.) Soó
  • Vicia cracca subsp. oreophila (Zertova) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Vicia cracca subsp. vulgaris Schinz & R.Keller
  • Vicia cracca var. alpina Rouy
  • Vicia cracca var. canescens (Maxim.) Franch. & Sav.
  • Vicia cracca var. cracca
  • Vicia cracca var. gerardi (Gaudin) W.D.J.Koch
  • Vicia cracca var. japonica Miq.
  • Vicia cracca var. kitaibeliana (Rchb.) Corb.
  • Vicia cracca var. latifolia Coss. & Germ. ex Corb.
  • Vicia cracca var. leucantha (Nakai) Nakai
  • Vicia cracca var. linearis Peterm.
  • Vicia cracca var. nana Gaudin
  • Vicia cracca var. peudocassubica Klett & Richt.
  • Vicia cracca var. plumosa (Timb.-Lagr.) Rouy
  • Vicia cracca var. pulchra (Druce) P.D.Sell
  • Vicia cracca var. vulgaris W.D.J.Koch
  • Vicia douglassii Torr.
  • Vicia gerardi A.St.-Hil.

and 19 more.

Flowers

In flower
June to August (from 6,809 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour
purple (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Vine
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced

Photos

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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.