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Vicia grandiflora (large yellow vetch)

Synonyms:
Language: Russian

Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Spring
Drought Tolerance [1]  None
Fire Tolerance [1]  None
Frost Free Days [1]  3 months 20 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Summer
Growth Form [1]  Single Crown
Growth Period [1]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [1]  Moderate
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [1]  Annual
Propagation [1]  Seed
Root Depth [1]  10 inches (25 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [1]  Slow
Seed Vigor [1]  High
Seeds Per [1]  32000 / lb (70548 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [1]  Decumbent
Structure [3]  Herb
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  None
Flower Color [1]  Yellow
Foliage Color [1]  Dark Green
Fruit Color [1]  Black
Fruit Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Height [1]  24 inches (0.6 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 10 Low Temperature: 30 F° (-1.1 C°) → 40 F° (4.4 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [1]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [1]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [2]  Mostly Dry
Water Use [1]  Moderate
Screening - Summer [1]  Porous
Screening - Winter [1]  Moderate

Protected Areas

Predators

Acyrthosiphon pisum (Pea aphid)[4]
Dasineura viciae[4]
Megoura viciae[4]
Sitona hispidulus (clover-root weevil)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Biological 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