AusTraits

Vicia sativa subsp. nigra

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Vicia sativa subsp. nigra (L.) Ehrh.

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Vicia angustifolia L. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Vicia sativa subsp. angustifolia (L.) Batt. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Vicia sativa subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Vicia sativa var. angustifolia (L.) Ser. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Vicia sativa var. nigra L. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Vicia sativa var. segetalis (Thuill.) Ser. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Vicia segetalis Thuill. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Catford_2014 (7), Kew_2019_1 (191), Kew_2019_2 (4), Kew_2019_4 (5), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kew_2019_6 (8), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (22), SAH_2022 (2), SAH_2023 (12), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 264 records in 14 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 37.5 mm (25-50 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); brown (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 47.5 mm (25-70 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (1-6 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 26.65 g/m2 (26.65-26.65 g/m2) [sources: Catford_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2); oblanceolate (1); oblong (1); obovate (1); obtriangular (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: Catford_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (4) [sources: Catford_2014; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): autochory (1); ballistic (1) [sources: Catford_2014; Kew_2019_5]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 18.97 mg (4.48-212.11 mg) [sources: Catford_2014; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.22 mm (2.4-4 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.22 mm (2.4-4 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.65 m (0.2-1.1 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Kew_2019_11191Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
RBGV_20231522VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2023912S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Kew_2019_618Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Catford_201477J. A. Catford, W. K. Morris, P. A. Vesk, C. J. Gippel, and B. J. Downes. “Species and environmental characteristics point to flow regulation and drought as drivers of riparian plant invasion”. Diversity and Distributions 20 (2014), pp. 1084-1096. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12225.
Kew_2019_415Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Oil content data from Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_214Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202222S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_511Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.