Vicia hirsuta (L.) Gray

Taxonomy: Fam. Fabaceae// Genus: Vicia// Species: Vicia hirsuta (L.) Gray

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Ball in Tutin et al. (1968) and Micevski (2001).

Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Temperate Eurasia, North Africa to Tanzania according to the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Habitat:  Found in pastures, rocky terrains, in sparse bushland vegetation, clearings of oak and European beech forests, from the lowland up to c. 1500 m altitude.

Flowering period: Spring – summer: APR, MAY, JUN.

Vicia hirsuta– habit. Osogovo – “Emirichka” River, 08.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta– habit. Osogovo – “Emirichka” River, 08.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta– flowering stems. Osogovo – “Emirichka” River, 08.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta– stem with leaves and inflorescence. Osogovo – “Emirichka” River, 08.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta– stem with leaves and inflorescence. Osogovo – “Emirichka” River, 08.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta– stem with leaves and inflorescence. Osogovo – “Emirichka” River, 08.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta– leaves and inflorescences. Osogovo – “Emirichka” River, 08.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta– legumes. Osogovo – “Emirichka” River, 08.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta– legumes. Osogovo – “Emirichka” River, 08.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta– stem and leaflets of leaf. Osogovo – “Emirichka” River, 08.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta– leaf with tendril. Osogovo – “Emirichka” River, 08.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta – habit. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta – flowering stem with inflorescences. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta – flowering stem with inflorescences. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta – inflorescence. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta – inflorescence. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..
Vicia hirsuta – inflorescence. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta – pods. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta – pods. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta – pod. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta – stem with leaf and stipules. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta – stem and leaf. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta – tendril. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 06.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta – flowerinf stems. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta – flowering stems. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 06.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta – inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 06.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta – cauline leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 06.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta – plant with inflorescences. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta – fruiting inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Vicia hirsuta – fruiting inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Vicia L. Ball, P.W. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 129 – 136.

Vicia L. Micevski, K. (2001). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 5. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1202 – 1231.

Vicia hirsuta (L.) Gray. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:524810-1 [Accessed 22.04.2021].

Last update: 27.09.2025.