Vicia cracca, Tufted vetch - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Tufted vetch, Cow vetch, Bird vetch, Boreal vetch

Botanical name & synonyms: Vicia cracca, Cracca major, Vicia heteropus, Vicia hiteropus, Vicia lilacina, Vicia macrophylla, Vicia oiana, Vicia oreophila, Vicia variabilis

Family: Legume, pea, bean (Fabaceae, Leguminosae)

• native to temperate Eurasia
  

• perennial
  

• 30 to 100cm
  

• flower VI to VIII
  

• plant community: fresh meadow
  

• for bees
  

• weight of 1 000 seeds = 40 gram