Vicia pisiformisL.

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WFO wfo-0000214062 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Vicia pisiformis, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. a Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-07 / obs. 196459563
Vicia pisiformis, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. b Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162724333
Vicia pisiformis, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. c Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / obs. 155399047
Vicia pisiformis, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. d Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 137731783
Vicia pisiformis, photographed by Sashko
fig. e Sashko, CC0 1.0 / obs. 177548639
Vicia pisiformis, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. f Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / obs. 98760866
Vicia pisiformis, photographed by Liubov Ilminska
fig. g Liubov Ilminska, CC0 1.0 / obs. 196837538
Vicia pisiformis, photographed by Вячеслав Юсупов
fig. h Вячеслав Юсупов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 83546105

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Vicia pisiformis is native: North Caucasus, West Siberia, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Krym, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine North CaucasusWest SiberiaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFranceGermanyHungaryItalyKrymNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSwedenSwitzerlandUkraine
Native distribution of Vicia pisiformis, 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
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Germany GER
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
North Caucasus NCS ASIA-TEMPERATE
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.

  • Cracca pisiformis (L.) Opiz
  • Ervilia pisiformis (L.) Schur
  • Ervum pisiforme (L.) Peterm.
  • Vicia ochroleuca Gilib.
  • Vicilla pisiformis (L.) Schur

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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