Fabaceae
Lentil vetch
Vicia tetrasperma
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vicia
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- بيقية رباعية الحبوب
- arz
- بيقيه رباعية الحبوب
- Belarusian
- Гарошак чатырохнасенны, Гарошак чатырохсемянны
- Chinese
- 四籽野豌豆, 烏嘴豆, 丝翘翘, 乔乔子, 四子野豌豆, 四籽草腾, 四籽草藤, 小乔莱
- Czech
- Vikev čtyřsemenná
- Danish
- Tadder-Vikke
- Dutch
- Vierzadige wikke, Gladde wikke, Slanke Wikke, Slanke wikke en vierzadige wikke, Vierzadige en Slanke wikke
- English
- Lentil vetch, Smooth tare, Smooth vetch, Sparrow vetch, Smooth tare vetch
- Estonian
- Neljaseemnene hiirehernes, Neljaseemneline hiirehernes
- Finnish
- Mäkivirvilä
- French
- Vesce à quatre graines, Vesce a quatre graines
- German
- Viersamige Wicke
- hsb
- Ćeńka woka
- Irish
- Peasair mhín
- Japanese
- カスマグサ, カスマグサ（かす間草, かす間草, ヴィチャ・テトラスペルマ
- Korean
- 얼치기완두
- kw
- Gwegbys mool
- Latvian
- Četrsēklu vīķis
- Macedonian
- Четирисемена глушина
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Firfrøvikke
- Persian
- ماشک چهاردانهای
- Polish
- Wyka czteronasienna
- Russian
- Горошек четырёхсемянный, Вика четырёхсеменная, Вика четырёхсемянная, Горошек четырёхсеменной
- Slovak
- Vika štvorsemenná
- Slovenian
- Štirisemenska grašica
- Spanish
- Vícia tetrasperma
- Swedish
- Sparvvicker
- Tatar
- Дүрт орлыклы борчак
- Welsh
- Ffacbysen lefn
Synonyms
- Cicer tetraspermum (L.) Vest
- Ervilia tetrasperma (L.) Opiz
- Ervum glabrum Gilib.
- Ervum monanthos Georgi
- Ervum soloniense Thuill.
- Ervum tetragonum Höfft
- Ervum tetraspermum L.
- Ervum tetraspermum var. gracile Klett & Richt.
- Ervum tetraspermum var. tenue Wahlenb.
- Ervum tetraspermum var. tenuifolium Fr.
- Lathyrus monanthos Baumg.
- Vicia agrestis Scheele
- Vicia gemella Crantz
- Vicia pusilla Muhl. ex Willd.
- Vicia tetrasperma subsp. eutetrasperma Briq.
- Vicia tetrasperma var. gracilis (Loisel.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Vicia tetrasperma var. major Gray
- Vicia tetrasperma var. tetrasperma
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 588 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Linda Jo Conn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Irina Mitine, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fornax, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Llydia, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Fodder vetchVicia villosaFabaceae
- Bush vetchVicia sepiumFabaceae
- Blister vetchVicia erviliaFabaceae
- Hairy tareVicia hirsutaFabaceae
- Wood vetchVicia sylvaticaFabaceae
- 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.