Determined according to the botanical key provided by Ball in Tutin et al. (1968) and Micevski (2001).
Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Temperate Eurasia, North Africa to Tanzania according to the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Habitat: Found in pastures, grasslands, rocky terrains, in sparse bushland vegetation, clearings of oak and European beech forests, up to c. 1500 m altitude.
Flowering period: Spring -summer: APR, MAY, JUN.
Vicia hirsuta – habit. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia hirsuta – flowering stem with inflorescences. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia hirsuta – flowering stem with inflorescences. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia hirsuta – inflorescence. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia hirsuta – inflorescence. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..Vicia hirsuta – inflorescence. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia hirsuta – pods. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia hirsuta – pods. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia hirsuta – pod. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia hirsuta – stem with leaf and stipules. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia hirsuta – stem and leaf. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia hirsuta – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia hirsuta – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia hirsuta – tendril. Osogovo – Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia hirsuta – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 06.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia hirsuta – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia hirsuta – flowerinf stems. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia hirsuta – flowering stems. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 06.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia hirsuta – inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 06.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia hirsuta – cauline leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 06.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia hirsuta – plant with inflorescences. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia hirsuta – fruiting inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia hirsuta – fruiting inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.04.2021. 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.
