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Vicia nana

Vicia nana is a small wild vetch from subtropical South America, a member of the pea and bean family. It is not a common garden plant, so care advice here is general and based on related vetches.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then let the top of the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile or average garden soil.
Temperature
10–25 °C; tolerates light frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
S. Brazil to S. South America
Climate
subtropical

About

Vicia nana is a flowering plant species in the genus Vicia found in South America.

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 nana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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