Fabaceae
Common vetch
Vicia sativa
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vicia
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Common names
By language (54)
- Arabic
- بيقية مزروعة
- arz
- بيقيه مزروعه
- Asturian
- Arbeyera
- azb
- یئم نوخودو
- Azerbaijani
- Əkin lərgəsi
- Basque
- Zalke
- Belarusian
- Віка пасяўная, Выка, Выка сеўная, Віка сеўная, Віка яравая, Гарошак пасяўны
- Bulgarian
- Посевна глушина
- Catalan
- Veça, Veces
- Chinese
- 救荒野豌豆, 窄叶野豌豆, 窄葉野豌豆, 大巢菜, 山扁豆, 箭舌野豌豆, 给希一额布斯, 苕子
- csb
- Zwëczajnô wika
- Czech
- Vikev setá
- Dutch
- Voederwikke, Smalle Wikke, Smalle wikke en vergeten wikke, Smalle, Vergeten en Voederwikke, Vergeten Wikke
- English
- Common vetch, Garden vetch, Meadow vetch, Vetch
- Esperanto
- Kultiva vicio
- Estonian
- Ahtalehine hiirehernes, Suvivikk
- Finnish
- Rehuvirna, Elovirna, Vikkeri
- French
- Vesce commune, Vesce cultivée s.l.
- frr
- Müsbongen
- Galician
- Ervellaca
- German
- Futterwicke, Futter-Wicke, Gewöhnliche Breitblättrige Wicke, Saatwicke, Sommerwicke
- Hebrew
- בקיה תרבותית
- hsb
- Rólna woka
- Icelandic
- Akurflækja
- Irish
- Peasair chapaill
- Italian
- Veccia, Veccia comune
- Japanese
- オオヤハズエンドウ, オオカラスノエンドウ, カラスノエンドウ, ヤハズエンドウ, 矢筈豌豆
- Korean
- 살갈퀴
- kw
- Gwegbys an park
- lah
- رواڑی
- Latvian
- Sējas vīķis
- Lithuanian
- Sėjamasis vikis
- Macedonian
- Обичен граор, Обична глушина
- Maltese
- Ġulbiena, Ġurbiena
- Mongolian
- Таримал гиш
- Nepali
- कुटुली कोसा
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fôrvikke, Forvikke
- Persian
- ماشک
- Polish
- Wyka siewna
- Punjabi
- ਰਵਾੜੀ
- Russian
- Горошек посевной, Вика посевная, Горошек кормовой
- sgs
- Vėkis
- Slovak
- Vika siata
- Slovenian
- Navadna grašica, Grahor
- Spanish
- Garrobilla
- Swedish
- Fodervicker, Liten sommarvicker, Sommarvicker
- Tajik
- Мунҷ
- Turkish
- Fiğ, Adi fiğ
- Ukrainian
- Горошок посівний
- Urdu
- ریواڑی
- vep
- Vik
- Vietnamese
- Đậu răng ngựa nhỏ
- Walloon
- Vece
- Welsh
- Ffugbysen Wyllt, Ffacbysen
Synonyms
- Vicia alba Moench
- Vicia communis prol. sativa (L.) Rouy
- Vicia cornigera St.-Amans
- Vicia erythosperma Rchb.
- Vicia melanosperma Rchb.
- Vicia nemoralis Ten.
- Vicia nemoralis Boreau
- Vicia notota Gilib.
- Vicia pallida Jacquem. ex Baker
- Vicia sativa var. sativa
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 7,247 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Donald Davesne, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Harry Rose, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meghan Cassidy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Элеонора Анатольевна, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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.