Petite vetch

Petite vetch
	Petite vetch ( Vicia parviflora )
Systematics
Order :	Fabales (Fabales)
Family :	Legumes (Fabaceae)
Subfamily :	Butterflies (Faboideae)
Tribe :	Fabeae
Genre :	Sweet peas ( Vicia )
Type :	Petite vetch
Scientific name
	Vicia parviflora
	Cav.

The petite vetch ( Vicia parviflora ), also called small-flowered vetch , is a species of the genus vetch ( Vicia ) in the subfamily of butterflies (Faboideae) within the legume family (Fabaceae).

description

Vegetative characteristics

The delicate vetch grows as a perennial herbaceous plant and reaches heights of 15 to 60 centimeters. The prostrate to climbing stem is hairy or hairless. The alternate leaves are pinnate with two to four pairs of leaflets and tendrils . The leaflets are linear. The stipules are designed the same.

Generative characteristics

The flowering period extends from June to July. The inflorescence contains only one, rarely two to five flowers, is light purple above, tapering into an awn . The hermaphroditic butterfly flowers are zygomorphic and five-fold with a double flower envelope at a height of 6 to 9 millimeters . The calyx teeth are unequal in length. The five petals are pale blue.

The fruit stalks are longer than the bract , with a length of up to 8 centimeters . The bald or hairy legume contains five to eight seeds. The seed umbilicus has 1/8 the circumference of the seed.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 14.

Occurrence

The Zierliche Wicke populates loamy fields and moderately dry ruderal areas , it avoids lime.

The Zierliche Vicke occurs in Germany in Bavaria , northern Baden-Württemberg , in the southeast of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland , possibly in southern Hesse ; in Thuringia , in Saxony-Anhalt , in Brandenburg with Berlin (on the Oder and Elbe), in Lower Saxony with Bremen and in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .

Taxonomy

Vicia parviflora was first published by Antonio José Cavanilles . Synonyms for Vicia parviflora Cav. are: Ervum gracile DC. , Vicia gracilis Loisel. , Vicia laxiflora bread. , Vicia tenuissima auct., Vicia tetrasperma subsp. gracilis (DC.) Hook. f.

literature

Henning Haeupler, Thomas Muer: picture atlas of the fern and flowering plants of Germany . Published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (= The fern and flowering plants of Germany . Volume 2 ). 2nd corrected and enlarged edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2007, ISBN 978-3-8001-4990-2 .
Siegmund Seybold : The flora of Germany and the neighboring countries. A book for identifying all wild and frequently cultivated vascular plants . Founded by Otto Schmeil , Jost Fitschen . 95th completely revised and expanded edition. Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-494-01498-2 .
Eckehart J. Jäger (ed.): Excursion flora from Germany. Vascular plants: baseline . Founded by Werner Rothmaler. 20th, revised and expanded edition. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8274-1606-3 .

Individual evidence

^ Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . 8th edition. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 . Page 610.

Web links

Vicia parviflora Cav., Petite vetch. In: FloraWeb.de.
Distribution map for Germany. In: Floraweb .
Vicia parviflora Cav. In: Info Flora , the national data and information center for Swiss flora .
Thomas Meyer: Data sheet with identification key and photos at Flora-de: Flora von Deutschland (old name of the website: Flowers in Swabia )
Flora Vascular datasheet .

Commons : Vicia parviflora - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikispecies: Vicia parviflora - species directory

[Oberdorfer2001-1] Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . 8th edition. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 . Page 610.