Fabaceae
Upright vetch
Vicia orobus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vicia
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Common names
By language (12)
- arz
- فيسيا اوروبس
- Chinese
- 苦豌豆
- Danish
- Lyng-Vikke
- Dutch
- Heidewikke
- English
- Upright vetch, Wood bitter-vetch
- Finnish
- Nummivirna
- German
- Heide-Wicke
- hsb
- Holanska woka
- Japanese
- オオバクサフジ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vestlandsvikke
- Swedish
- Ljungvicker
- Welsh
- Ffacbysen chwerw
Synonyms
- Ervum orobus (DC.) Kitt.
- Orobus aristatus Lapeyr.
- Orobus sylvaticus L.
- Orobus sylvaticus var. simplicifolius Gray
- Vicia aristata Dulac
- Vicia cassubica subsp. orobus (DC.) Bonnier & Layens
- Vicia cassubica var. orobus (DC.) Dumort.
- Vicilla orobus (DC.) Schur
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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.