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Vicia tetrasperma (Smooth Tare) |
Vicia tetrasperma (FABACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreber
Published in (L.) Schreber, Spicil. Fl. Lips. 26 (1771) | Synonyms : |
Basionym or principal synonym:
Vicia gemella
Full list of synonyms :
[ Euro+Med ]
[ PlantList ]
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[ Catalogue of Life ]
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Plant Family : | Fabaceae (=Leguminosae) The Pea Family 106 Fabaceae species recorded from Malta.
Lindl. | English name(s) : | Smooth Tare, Smooth Vetch, Lentil Vetch | Maltese name(s) : | Maltese name not known | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce
Rare Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (Annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Feb-May | Colour of Flowers: | Lilac |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Subglabrous annual 10-60 cm. Leaflets 3-6(-8) pairs, 5-20 × 0•5-3 mm, linear or linear-oblong; stipules entire. Racemes 1- or 2-flowered about equalling leaves. Calyx-teeth unequal, shorter than tube; corolla 4-8 mm, pale purple. Legume 9-16 × 3-5 mm, brown, usually glabrous. Seeds 3-5; hilum 1/5 of the circumference. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=14 |
Distributional range: |
Throughout Europe northwards to c. 62° N. in Fennoscandia and Russia. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
All except the Azores, Corse, Crete, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Svalbard archipelago |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
Ab(A) Ag Al Ar Au(A) Be(B) Bl Br Bu By Cz Da Eg Es Fe Ga(F) Ge Gg(A D G) Gr Hb(E) He Ho Hs(S) Hu It dJo Ju La Lt Lu Ma Mo No Po Rf(C CS E K N NW S) Rm Sa Si(S) Su Tn dTu(A) Tu(E) Uk(K U) |
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