Species within a genus

Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

vicia, = a vetch, name for a vetch largely used for silage or fodder; used by Virgil.
(Probably related to vincio, I bind – alluding to the clasping tendrils)
(ld, M, Le)

Vicia benghalensis (La)
Purple Vetch, Wilde-ertjie (PS)
Location: (F, P)

benghala, = Benghal, India, Bangladesh;
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth, or origin or else habitat.
(Alien and naturalised)
(BL, Cw)

Vicia cracca (L)
Tufted Vetch, Bird Vetch, Cow Vetch (Int2)
Location: (F)

cracca, = a kind of pulse, perhaps wild vetch.
(Alien)
(ld)

Vicia hirsuta (La)
Hairy Tare, Kleine Perswieke, Wilde-ertjie (PS)
Location: (F, P)

hirtus, hirsus, = rough, hairy, shaggy;
-utus, = indicates possession;
hirsutus, = rough, shaggy, bristly, prickly, hirsute;
(hirsute, covered with fairly coarse and stiff long erect or ascending straight hairs)
(Alien and naturalised)
(ld, BL)

Vicia lutea (La)

Location: (F, P)

lutum, = a plant used in dyeing yellow, yellow-weed, dyer’s weed, weld; a yellow colour, yellow;
-eus, = indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality.
luteus, = golden-yellow, saffron-yellow, orange-yellow.
(Alien)
(ld, BL, Cw)