Vicia biennisL.

WFO wfo-0000214043 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Vicia biennis, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. a Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / 2021-11-01 / obs. 166827332
Vicia biennis, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. b Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / obs. 165158147
Vicia biennis, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. c Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / obs. 157899271
Vicia biennis, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. d Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / obs. 153945853
Vicia biennis, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. e Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168236221
Vicia biennis, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. f Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / obs. 93957738
Vicia biennis, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. g Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / obs. 92678171
Vicia biennis, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. h Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 88354238

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Vicia biennis is native: Kazakhstan, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, West Siberia, Central European Russia, East European Russia, Hungary, Romania, South European Russia, Ukraine KazakhstanNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusWest SiberiaCentral European RussiaEast European RussiaHungaryRomaniaSouth European RussiaUkraine
Native distribution of Vicia biennis, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Central European Russia RUC EUROPE
East European Russia RUE
Hungary HUN
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Ukraine UKR
Kazakhstan KAZ ASIA-TEMPERATE
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
West Siberia WSB

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 5 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 pictum (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Alef.
  • Ervum pictum var. annuum Alef.
  • Ervum pictum var. bienne (L.) Alef.
  • Vicia bicolor Willd. ex Hornem.
  • Vicia picta Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

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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