Vicia amoenaFisch. ex Ser.

WFO wfo-0001055253 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Vicia amoena, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. a Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-08-21 / obs. 152911533
Vicia amoena, photographed by Нурхайдарова Татьяна
fig. b Нурхайдарова Татьяна, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151144294
Vicia amoena, photographed by Нурхайдарова Татьяна
fig. c Нурхайдарова Татьяна, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151142837
Vicia amoena, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. d Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151369386
Vicia amoena, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. e Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151371194
Vicia amoena, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. f Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150978067
Vicia amoena, photographed by Alexander Dubynin
fig. g Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151336098
Vicia amoena, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. h Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155058946

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Native range 23 botanical countries

Regions where Vicia amoena is native: Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, Primorye, Qinghai, Sakhalin, Tibet, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya AltayAmurBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskJapanKazakhstanKhabarovskKrasnoyarskManchuriaMongoliaPrimoryeQinghaiSakhalinTibetTuvaWest SiberiaYakutiya Korea
Native distribution of Vicia amoena, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Japan JAP
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Korea KOR
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
Primorye PRM
Qinghai CHQ
Sakhalin SAK
Tibet CHT
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB
Yakutiya YAK

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 19 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Ervum amoenum (Fisch. ex Ser.) Trautv.
  • Lathyrus mutabilis Sweet
  • Orobus acutangulus Wender.
  • Orobus mutabilis (Sweet) Alef.
  • Vicia altaica Sievers
  • Vicia amoena f. albiflora P.Y.Fu & Y.A.Chen
  • Vicia amoena f. oblongifolia Regel
  • Vicia amoena subsp. sericea (Kitag.) Kamelin & Gubanov
  • Vicia amoena var. angusta Freyn
  • Vicia amoena var. angustifolia Regel
  • Vicia amoena var. lanata Franch. & Sav.
  • Vicia amoena var. macrophylla Litv. ex B.Fedtsch.
  • Vicia amoena var. oblongifolia Regel
  • Vicia amoena var. pubescens Turcz.
  • Vicia amoena var. sachalinensis Nakai
  • Vicia amoena var. sericea Kitag.
  • Vicia hedysaroides Fisch. ex Ledeb.
  • Vicia jeniseensis Willd. ex Ledeb.
  • Vicia rapunculus Debeaux

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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