Fabaceae
Purple broad vetch
Vicia narbonensis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vicia
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- بيقية فرنسية
- Czech
- Vikev narbonská
- English
- Purple broad vetch
- Finnish
- Purppuravirna
- German
- Maus-Wicke
- Russian
- Вика нарбонская, Вика туркестанская, Горошек туркестанский
Synonyms
- Bona narbonensis (L.) Medik.
- Bona speciosa Medik.
- Faba bona Medik.
- Faba bona subsp. minuta (Alef.) Soják
- Faba narbonensis (L.) Schur
- Faba serratifolia Fuss
- Faba vulgaris var. minuta Alef.
- Vicia heterophylla Rchb.
- Vicia latifolia Moench
- Vicia monadelpha Roth
- Vicia narbonensis var. culta Alef.
- Vicia narbonensis var. genuina Gren. & Godr.
- Vicia narbonensis var. heterophylla Rouy
- Vicia narbonensis var. integrifolia Ser.
- Vicia narbonensis var. jordanica H.I.Schäf.
- Vicia narbonensis var. narbonensis
- Vicia narbonensis var. platycarpos (Roth) Alef.
- Vicia narbonensis var. salmonea (Mouterde) H.I.Schäf.
- Vicia pauciflora Formánek
- Vicia platycarpos Roth
- Vicia serratifolia subsp. salmonea Mouterde
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: The original uploader was عمرو بن كلثوم at Arabic Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jacilluch, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Herbarium of the University of Coimbra, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Наталья Пикалова, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Наталья Пикалова, 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.