Fabaceae
Wood vetch
Vicia sylvatica
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vicia
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Common names
By language (25)
- Arabic
- بيقية حراجية
- arz
- بيقيه حراجيه
- Belarusian
- Гарошак лясны, Злучы гарох
- ce
- Кхеламолх
- csb
- Lesnô wika
- Czech
- Vikev lesní
- Danish
- Skov-Vikke, Skovvikke
- English
- Wood vetch
- Estonian
- Mets-hiirehernes
- Finnish
- Metsävirvilä, Metsävirna
- German
- Wald-Wicke
- hsb
- Lěsna woka
- Hungarian
- Ligeti bükköny
- Irish
- Peasair choille
- kw
- Gwegbys an koos
- Latvian
- Meža vīķis
- Lithuanian
- Miškinis vikis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Skogvikke
- Persian
- ماشک جنگلی
- Polish
- Wyka leśna
- Russian
- Горошек лесной, Вика лесная
- Slovenian
- Gozdna grašica
- Swedish
- Skogsvicker
- Tatar
- Урман борчагы
- Welsh
- Ffacbysen y coed
Synonyms
- Cracca sylvatica (L.) Opiz
- Ervilia sylvatica (L.) Schur
- Ervum silvaticum (L.) Peterm.
- Vicia foetens Gilib.
- Vicia halleri Crantz
- Vicia sylvatica var. violacea Behm
- Vicia tetragona Desf.
- Vicilla sylvatica (L.) Schur
- Vicioides sylvatica (L.) Moench
- Wiggersia sylvatica (L.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 356 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jens Ullenius, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Алексей Ябс, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sergey Basalaev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Алексей Ябс, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elena A. Kizilova (Елена А. Кизилова), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bogdan Giuşcă, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: MHB_9may, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Vicia
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- Broad beanVicia fabaFabaceae
- Common vetchVicia sativaFabaceae
- Bird vetchVicia craccaFabaceae
- Fodder vetchVicia villosaFabaceae
- Bush vetchVicia sepiumFabaceae
- Blister vetchVicia erviliaFabaceae
- Hairy tareVicia hirsutaFabaceae
- Lentil vetchVicia tetraspermaFabaceae
- Spring vetchVicia lathyroidesFabaceae
- Kashubian vetchVicia cassubicaFabaceae
- Fine-leaf vetchVicia tenuifoliaFabaceae
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.