Vicia bithynica(L.) L.

Bithynian vetch

WFO wfo-0000212732 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Vicia bithynica, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. a Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-13 / obs. 198317313
Vicia bithynica, photographed by carnifex
fig. b carnifex, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202899447
Vicia bithynica, photographed by Josep Gesti
fig. c Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 193741491
Vicia bithynica, photographed by Katarzyna Żarnowiec
fig. d Katarzyna Żarnowiec, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 187070414
Vicia bithynica, photographed by Josep Gesti
fig. e Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 186918345
Vicia bithynica, photographed by Josep Gesti
fig. f Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 125131899
Vicia bithynica, photographed by Emanuele Santarelli
fig. g Emanuele Santarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 124780412
Vicia bithynica, photographed by Josep Gesti
fig. h Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 122949511

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Native range 28 botanical countries

Regions where Vicia bithynica is native: Algeria, Azores, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Albania, Baleares, Bulgaria, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe AlgeriaMoroccoTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.Lebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineTranscaucasusTürkiyePakistanWest HimalayaAlbaniaBulgariaFranceGreeceItalyKritiKrymNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalSiciliaSpainTürkiye-in-Europe AzoresBalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Vicia bithynica, 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
Albania ALB EUROPE
Baleares BAL
Bulgaria BUL
France FRA
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Azores AZO
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL
West Himalaya WHM

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

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 11 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.

  • Arachus vicioides Medik.
  • Ervum bithynicum (L.) Stank.
  • Lathyrus barcinonensis Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange
  • Lathyrus bithynicus L.
  • Lathyrus monocarpus Stoj. & Acht.
  • Lathyrus tumidus Willd.
  • Lathyrus turgidus Lam.
  • Vicia angulosa Gaterau
  • Vicia bithynica var. major Arcang.
  • Vicia bythynica Schrank
  • Vicia minuta Moench

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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