Fabaceae
Wandering vetch
Vicia peregrina
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vicia
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- بيقية أجنبية
- English
- Wandering vetch
- Finnish
- Muukalaisvirna
- Macedonian
- Туѓинска глушина
- Persian
- ماشک معرفیشده
- Slovenian
- Tujska grašica
- Swedish
- Pilgrimsvicker
Synonyms
- Vicia sativa var. peregrina (L.) Mérat
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: jacilluch, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marios Thoma, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Umut Nuri Erdoğan, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: yelena_antipova, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mitch Van Dyke, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, 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.