Vicia cassubica

Vicia cassubica
Flowering and fruiting
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Vicia
Species:
V. cassubica
Binomial name
Vicia cassubica
Synonyms
List
    • Cracca cassubica (L.) Opiz
    • Ervilia cassubica (L.) Schur
    • Ervilia orobos Schur
    • Ervum cassubicum (L.) Peterm.
    • Orobus sylvaticus Bastard
    • Vicia abbreviata C.A.Mey.
    • Vicia adriatica (Freyn) Fritsch
    • Vicia frutescens Gilib.
    • Vicia militans Crantz
    • Vicia monosperma K.Koch
    • Vicia multiflora Pollich
    • Vicia rigida Herbich
    • Vicilla cassubica (L.) Schur

Vicia cassubica, called Kashubian vetch and Danzig vetch, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Vicia, native to most of Europe, Turkey, the Levant, the Caucasus and Iran. Found in thermophilous oak forests, it also does well in old fields that are in later stages of succession.