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Vicia orientalis
Eastern wild lentil is a small annual legume of dry, open habitats from southeastern Europe to Central Asia and Pakistan, and the wild ancestor of the cultivated lentil. It is grown mainly for study or seed collection rather than as a garden crop, and it needs full sun, well-drained soil and a cool-to-warm growing season.
Vicia orientalis (many authorities continue to use its synonym Lens orientalis), is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the Caucasus, southeastern Greece, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Pakistan. An annual, it is found in wide variety of habitats at elevations from 450 to 1,500 m (1,500 to 4,900 ft). It is the wild progenitor of Vicia lens, the lentil. Under its synonym Lens orientalis it has been assessed as Least Concern.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vicia orientalis 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.
