Fabaceae
Smooth yellow vetch
Vicia lutea
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vicia
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- بيقية صفراء
- arz
- بيقيه صفراء
- Catalan
- Galabarç, Galabars, Veça groga
- Czech
- Vikev žlutá
- Dutch
- Gele wikke
- English
- Smooth yellow vetch, Yellow vetch, Yellow-vetch
- Estonian
- Kollane hiirehernes
- Finnish
- Keltavirna
- French
- Vesce jaune
- German
- Gelbe Wicke
- hsb
- Žołta woka
- kw
- Gwegbys melyn
- Latvian
- Dzeltenais vīķis
- li
- Gaele wèk
- Macedonian
- Жолта глушина
- Persian
- ماشک گلزرد
- Slovenian
- Rumena grašica
- Swedish
- Gulvicker
- Ukrainian
- Горошок жовтий
- Welsh
- Ffacbysen felen
Synonyms
- Hypechusa lutea (L.) Alef.
- Vicioides lutea (L.) Moench
- Wiggersia lutea (L.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, 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: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Herbarium of the University of Coimbra, CC BY 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.