Vicia amphicarpa L.

Spice Flower In the field

Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Genus: Vicia

Sinònims: Vicia sativa L. subsp. amphicarpa (L.) Batt.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Wild olive trees and other sclerophyllous shrublands. Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata forest. Therophytic calicole fields. Garriques and therophytic communities.

Characteristics: A slender annual herbaceous plant with elongated prostrate stems, leaves composite and finished in a branched tendril. The folioles are strongly acuminate and the stipules are divided with a very notorious purple nectary. It's very characteristic of this plant to normally bear flowers violet in colour and subterranean flowers lacking petals.

Observations: Forms part of the V. sativa group.