Taxon:
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.
Summary
Place of publication:
Spic. fl. lips. 26. 1771
Verified:
10/05/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
four-seed vetch – lentil tare – slender vetch – smooth tare – smooth vetch – sparrow vetch – English (Canada)
four-seeded vetch – French (Canada)
vesce à quatre graines – Japanese Rōmaji
kasuma-gusa – Swedish
sparvvicker – Transliterated Russian
gorošek četyrechsemjannyj –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Armenia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Azerbaijan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Georgia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Checheno-Ingushetia | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Dagestan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Kabardino-Balkaria | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Karachay-Cherkessia | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Krasnodar | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | North Ossetia | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Stavropol | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Honshu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Kyushu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Shikoku | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kazakhstan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kyrgyzstan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Tajikistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Uzbekistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Altay | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Buryatia | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Gorno-Altay | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Kemerovo | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Khakassia | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Krasnoyarsk | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Kurgan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Novosibirsk | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Omsk | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Sverdlovsk | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Tomsk | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Tuva | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Tyumen | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Israel | | rare |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Jordan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | n.w. |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | n. |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Belarus | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Estonia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Latvia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Lithuania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Moldova | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Bashkortostan | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Belgorod | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Bryansk | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Chuvashia | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Ivanovo | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Kaliningrad | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Kaluga | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Kirov | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Kostroma | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Kursk | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Leningrad | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Lipetsk | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Mari-El | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Mordvinia | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Moscow | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Novgorod | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Orel | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Orenburg | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Penza | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Pskov | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Rostov | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Ryazan | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Saratov | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Smolensk | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Tambov | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Tatarstan | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Tula | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Udmurtia | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Ulyanovsk | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Vladimir | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Volgograd | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Vologda | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Voronezh | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Yaroslavl | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Ukraine | | incl. Krym |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Austria | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Belgium | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Czechoslovakia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Germany | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Hungary | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Netherlands | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Poland | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Switzerland | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Denmark | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Finland | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Ireland | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Norway | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Sweden | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Bulgaria | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Former Yugoslavia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | incl. Sardinia, Sicily |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Malta | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Romania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | incl. Corsica |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | incl. Baleares |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd. elsewhere |
Native
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan, Iran, Israel (rare), Jordan, Turkey
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CAUCASUS:
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodar, North Ossetia, Stavropol]
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SIBERIA:
Russian Federation [Altay, Buryatia, Gorno-Altay, Kemerovo, Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk, Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Sverdlovsk, Tomsk, Tuva, Tyumen]
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MIDDLE ASIA:
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
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CHINA:
China
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EASTERN ASIA:
Korea, Japan [Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku]
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India (n.w.), Pakistan (n.)
Europe
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Czechoslovakia, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland
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EASTERN EUROPE:
Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Russian Federation [Bashkortostan, Chuvashia, Mari-El, Mordvinia, Tatarstan, Udmurtia, Belgorod, Bryansk, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Kirov, Kostroma, Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Moscow, Novgorod, Orel, Orenburg, Penza, Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan, Saratov, Smolensk, Tambov, Tula, Ulyanovsk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Vologda, Voronezh, Yaroslavl], Ukraine (incl. Krym)
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Malta, Romania
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica)
Naturalized
(widely natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | | Enneking, D. 1995. The toxicity of Vicia species and their utilization as grain legumes. 4. |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | fide Geigy Weed Tables. 1968 | CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. 1974. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables |