Vicia sativa
Vicia sativa
FamilyGenus: Wickenheimisch in Deutschland
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Species
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Interactions
documented
About this species
A native annual climbing herb with purplish flowers from March to August. It favours sunny, moderately moist, alkaline soils.
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Ecological significance
As a native annual, Vicia sativa contributes to early- to late-summer floral resources for wildlife and associates with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, which may enhance nutrient cycling in undisturbed, open habitats.
Annual cycle
Germinates in early spring, climbs and flowers from March until August, then sets seed and dies back by late summer.
Standort & Merkmale
Light
Sonne
Moisture
Frisch (Mäßig feucht)
Soil
Mittelzehrer (Normaler Boden)
Bloom time
Mär – Aug
Soil reaction
Mäßig sauer bis neutral
Bioregion
Continental
Growth form
Kletterpflanze
Woodiness
Nicht verholzt
Leaf type
Breitblättrig
Plant height
0.45 m
Morphological traits: TRY ID3 (CC BY 3.0) & TRY ID81 (CC BY)
Pflege & Anbau
Plant in full sun and moderately moist, well-drained soil. A neutral to alkaline, medium-nutrient soil is ideal. As a climbing annual, provide a light trellis or allow it to scramble through other vegetation. Sow directly in early spring where it is to flower.
Scientific profile
Vicia sativa is an annual climbing herb native to Great Britain. It is non-woody, with broad leaves and a typical height of 0.45 m. The leaves bear (1)3–8 pairs of variable, mucronate leaflets; the upper leaves terminate in a branched tendril. The stipules are toothed and often spotted. From March to August it produces 1–2(4) purplish or violet flowers. The fruit is a black legume, glabrous or pubescent, containing 5–12 seeds. It grows in full sun on moderately moist, medium-fertility soils that are neutral to alkaline, and it tolerates low-disturbance conditions. The species forms arbuscular mycorrhizal associations. It is not currently considered threatened.
Bestäuber & Besucher
38 Arten interagieren mit dieser Pflanze
Polyommatus fulgensPolyommatus humedasaeHesperia commaEucera nigrescensApis melliferaBombus terrestrisBombus pascuorumSphaerophoria scriptaMegachile circumcinctaPieris napiPolyommatus icarusBombus lapidariusAndrena gravidaCeratina cyaneaEucera longicornisBombus campestrisBombus hortorumBombus lucorumBombus pratorumAndrena wilkellaAnthophora aestivalisAndrena nigroaeneaAnthophora plumipesAndrenaHalictus compressusHalictus simplexMelitta leporinaRhodanthidium septemdentatumPlebejus argyrognomonGonepteryx cleopatraXylocopa violaceaBombus sylvestrisAndrena dorsataBombus hypnorumBombus humilisBombus sylvarumBombus jonellusBombus muscorum
Other flower visitors
10 other species visit the flowers
Meligethes aeneusDiglyphus isaeaRhagonycha fulvaBrassicogethes aeneusCantharis lateralisChrysocharis pubicornisEmpis lividaOdontothrips ulicisOxystoma pomonaeRhodanthidium septendentatum
Sources & data origin
•Middleton-Welling_2020
•pollinator_interactions
•FloraWeb / BfN
•EIVE 1.0 — Dengler et al. (2023), DOI: 10.3897/VCS.98324 (CC BY 4.0)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•TRY Categorical Traits (ID3) — Kattge et al. (2012), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.3 (CC BY 3.0)
•TRY Global Spectrum (ID81) — Díaz et al. (2016/2021), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.81 (CC BY)
•Checklist Alien Plants Belgium — Verloove F (2023), Botanic Garden Meise (CC BY 4.0)
•Govaerts R et al. (2025) — World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) v14. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. DOI: 10.34885/xs7h-ze42 (CC BY 4.0)
•Foto: © Adobe Stock / AdobeStock_842124521
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