Taxonomy: Fam. Fabaceae// Genus: Vicia// Species: Vicia lathyroides L.
Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Ball in Tutin et al. (1968) and Micevski in Micevski (2001).
Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Europe, West Asia and Northwest Africa (Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Found in pastures, grasslands, on rocks, in sparse bushland vegetation.
Flowering period: Spring: MAR, APR, MAY.
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 lathyroides L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:524865-1 [Accessed 02.04.2021].