Fabaceae
Fodder vetch
Vicia villosa
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vicia
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Common names
By language (35)
- Arabic
- بيقية موبرة
- Armenian
- Վիկ թավոտ
- arz
- بيقيه موبره
- Belarusian
- Віка касматая
- Bulgarian
- Вълнеста глушина
- Catalan
- Veça villosa
- Chinese
- 長柔毛野豌豆, 长柔毛野豌豆, 柔毛苕子, 毛苕子, 毛叶苕子, 毛野豌豆, 光叶紫花苕, 柔毛野豌豆
- csb
- Szadô wika
- Czech
- Vikev huňatá
- Danish
- Sand-Vikke
- Dutch
- Bonte wikke, Zachte wikke
- English
- Fodder vetch, Winter vetch
- Estonian
- Põld-hiirehernes
- Finnish
- Ruisvirna
- French
- Vesce velue, Vesce de Cerdagne
- German
- Zottige Wicke, Hairy vetch, Zottelwicke
- Hebrew
- בקיה שעירה
- hsb
- Kosmata woka
- Icelandic
- Dúnflækja
- Japanese
- ナヨクサフジ, ヘアリーベッチ
- Latvian
- Smiltāja vīķis
- li
- Zandjwèk
- Macedonian
- Влакнеста глушина, Глушина
- Mongolian
- Үслэг гиш
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Lodnevikke
- Persian
- ماشک زمستانی
- Polish
- Wyka kosmata, Wyka piaskowa
- Romanian
- Măzărice păroasă
- Russian
- Горошек мохнатый
- Slovenian
- Kuštrava grašica
- Spanish
- Veza vellosa
- Swedish
- Luddvicker
- Turkish
- Tüylü fiğ
- Ukrainian
- Горошок волохатий
- Welsh
- Ffacbysen y tir âr
Synonyms
- Cracca villosa (Roth) Gren. & Godr.
- Cracca villosa (Roth) Gren. & Godr.
- Ervum villosum (Roth) Trautv.
- Vicia elegantissima Shuttlew. ex Rouy,
- Vicia glabrescens Kern.
- Vicia godronii Rouy
- Vicia unguiculata Clavaud ex Bonnier & Layens
- Vicia unguiculata subsp. villosa (Roth) Bonnier & Layens
- Vicia varia subsp. villosa (Roth) H.J.Coste
- Vicia villosa var. villosa
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 4,490 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: 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: pavlaki1968, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anne Parsons, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Liam Gerry, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Fabelfroh assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carolyn Bahl, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tia Offner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amelia Tauber, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Konshau Duman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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- Bush vetchVicia sepiumFabaceae
- Blister vetchVicia erviliaFabaceae
- Hairy tareVicia hirsutaFabaceae
- Lentil vetchVicia tetraspermaFabaceae
- Wood vetchVicia sylvaticaFabaceae
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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.