Fabaceae
Spring vetch
Vicia lathyroides
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vicia
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Common names
By language (23)
- Arabic
- بيقية ربيعية
- arz
- بيقيه ربيعيه
- Belarusian
- Гарошак чынападобны
- Bulgarian
- Секирчева глушина
- Chinese
- 小叶歪头菜
- Czech
- Vikev hrachorovitá
- Danish
- Vår-Vikke
- Dutch
- Lathyruswikke
- English
- Spring vetch
- Estonian
- Väikeseõiene hiirehernes, Väikeseõieline hiirehernes
- Finnish
- Nätkelmävirna
- French
- Vesce fausse-gesse
- German
- Platterbsen-Wicke, Frühlings-Zwerg-Wicke, Kicherwicke, Platterbsenwicke, Sand-Wicke, Sandwicke
- hsb
- Trawna woka
- Latvian
- Dedestiņu vīķis
- Lithuanian
- Pavasarinis vikis
- Macedonian
- Граореста глушина
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vårvikke
- Persian
- ماشک خلری
- Polish
- Wyka lędźwianowata
- Slovenian
- Grahorasta grašica
- Swedish
- Vårvicker
- Welsh
- Ffacbysen y gwanwyn
Synonyms
- Cracca pauciflora (C.Presl) Gennari
- Ervum lathyroides (L.) Stank.
- Ervum soloniense L.
- Lens soloniensis (L.) Vines & Druce
- Vicia angustifolia Hohen.
- Vicia arenivaga Lamotte
- Vicia lathyroides prol. olbiensis (Reut.) Rouy
- Vicia lathyroides subsp. arenivaga (Lamotte) Nyman
- Vicia lathyroides subsp. olbiensis (Reut.) Bujor.
- Vicia lathyroides var. olbiensis (Reut.) P.Fourn.
- Vicia minima Gilib.
- Vicia multicaulis Wallr.
- Vicia olbiensis Reut.
- Vicia olbiensis Reuter
- Vicia pauciflora C.Presl
- Wiggersia lathyroides (L.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
- Wiggersia minima Alef.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 263 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Brenda Black, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Todd Boland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: arthur_haendler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fornax, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ellyne Geurts, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thierry Helminger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.