Fabaceae
Blister vetch
Vicia ervilia
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vicia
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Common names
By language (16)
- Armenian
- Վիկ համրիչանման
- Asturian
- Yeru
- Belarusian
- Французская сачавіца, Французская чачавіца
- Catalan
- Erbs
- Chinese
- 苦野豌豆
- Czech
- Vikev čočková
- Dutch
- Erve, Linzenwikke
- English
- Blister vetch, Bitter vetch
- Finnish
- Linssivirna
- French
- Ers, ervilier
- German
- Linsen-Wicke
- Macedonian
- Уров
- Persian
- گیاودانه
- Portuguese
- Ervilha-de-pombo, Marroiço
- Russian
- Вика чёткообразная, Горошек чёткообразный, Французская чечевица, Чечевичка
- Slovenian
- Lečnata grašica
Synonyms
- Ervilia sativa Link
- Ervum ervilia L.
- Ervum plicatum Moench
- Lens pygmaea Grossh.
- Rhynchium plicatum Dulac
- Vicia ervilla Medik.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
Photos
Photo: Marc Riera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: LauraHale, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Itain, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Itain, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Vicia
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- Broad beanVicia fabaFabaceae
- Common vetchVicia sativaFabaceae
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- Fodder vetchVicia villosaFabaceae
- Bush vetchVicia sepiumFabaceae
- Hairy tareVicia hirsutaFabaceae
- Lentil vetchVicia tetraspermaFabaceae
- Wood vetchVicia sylvaticaFabaceae
- Spring vetchVicia lathyroidesFabaceae
- Kashubian vetchVicia cassubicaFabaceae
- Fine-leaf vetchVicia tenuifoliaFabaceae
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.