Taxonomy: Fam. Fabaceae// Genus: Vicia// Species: Vicia cassubica L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Ball in Tutin et al. (1968) and Micevski (2001).
Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Europe to Iran according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) and The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: ILDIS World Database of Legumes, 2010).
Habitat: Edges and clearings of oak woods and forests.
Flowering period: Late spring – summer: MAY, JUN.
Vicia cassubica – habit. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – habit. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia cassubica – habit. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia cassubica – habit. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia cassubica – flowering stems with inflorescences. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – flowering stem with inflorescences. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – flowering stem with inflorescences. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – flowering stem with inflorescences. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – flowers. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – flowers. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – flowers. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – flowers. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – flowers. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – flowers. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – flowers. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – pods. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – pods. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – pods. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – pod. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – leaves. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – leaves. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – tendril. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – tendril. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – stem and stipules. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia cassubica – stem and stipules. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 21.06.2023. 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.
