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Smooth yellow vetch

Vicia lutea

Also called Yellow Vetch

Smooth yellow vetch
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Climber
Native range
EC. Europe to Medit. and Iran
Climate
temperate

About

Vicia lutea (yellow vetch, smooth yellow vetch) is a species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae.

Where it grows

It is native to Europe, western Asia, and North Africa, and it is known on other continents as an introduced species.

Other Vicia plants

Lentil · American vetch · Cheder Ebs · Vicia anatolica · Vicia andicola · Reddish tufted vetch · Biennial Vetch · Bithynian vetch · Vicia canescens · Carolina vetch · Kashubian vetch · Bird vetch

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vicia lutea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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