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Taxon:  Vicia ervilia (L.) Willd.



Summary
Genus:
Vicia
Subgenus:
Vicilla
Section:
Ervilia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Fabeae
Nomen number:
41481
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 3(2):1103. 1802
Verified:
09/29/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Ervum ervilia L.

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Reference(s)
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  12. Enneking, D. 2011. The nutritive value of grasspea (Lathyrus sativus) and allied species, their toxicity to animals and the role of malnutrition in neurolathyrism. Food Chem. Toxicol. 49:694-709. Note: Vicia ervilia mixed with Lathyrus sativus can be toxic to mules, but also toxicity of V. ervilia occurs in pigs accidentally eating its seeds
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Common names
English
bitter vetch –
ervil –
French
alliez –
ers –
erse –
ervilière –
pois de pigeon –
vesce bâtarde –
German
Linsenwicke –
Steinlinse –
Portuguese
ervilha-de-pombo –
gero –
orobo –
Spanish
alacarceña –
yeros –
Swedish
linsvicker –
Transliterated Russian
Francuzskaja čečevica –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanarias 
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria introd.?
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt n.w.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya rare
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKrasnodar 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq n.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sicily
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain incl. Baleares
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (introd.?), Egypt (n.w.), Libya (rare)
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq (n.), Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan, Krasnodar]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sicily)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France, Portugal
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Environmentalsoil improver Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Human foodpulselocally cultivated in Morocco, but also see Ladizinsky & van Oss (1984), fide Curr Pl Sci Biotech 34:676. 1999Francis, C. M. et al. 1999. When and where will vetches have an impact as grain legumes? Curr. Pl. Sci. Biotech. Agric. 34:671-683. Note: Vicia ervilia is one of five species cultivated as hay crop
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsto livestockEnneking, D. 1995. The toxicity of Vicia species and their utilization as grain legumes. 27.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=41481. Accessed 20 May 2025.