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Vicia monantha (barn vetch; Bard Vetch; Square-stemmed Vetch)

Synonyms:

Infraspecies

Vicia monantha biflora
Vicia monantha monantha
Vicia monantha var. cinerea
Vicia monantha var. monantha

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [2]  Vine
Usage [1]  Can be used as a green manure;
View Plants For A Future Record : Vicia monantha

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Parco Del Somma-Vesuvio e Miglio D'Oro National Park II 33648 Italy
Riverland Biosphere Reserve Ia 1490891 South Australia, Australia

Predators

Bruchus rufimanus[3]
Dasineura viciae[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0