Vicia amoena
Family: Fabaceae
What it is like
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 30-100 cm tall. The stems are slender and branched. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. The leaves are 5-12 cm long. There are 4-7 pairs of leaflets and these are oval and 13-40 mm long by 5-18 mm wide. They are hairy underneath. There are 10-20 flowers in group. They are blue, purple, red or white. The pods are 18-26 mm long by 4-6 mm wide. There are 1-6 seeds.
There are about 140 Vicia species. They are mostly temperate.
Where it is found
It is a temperate climate plant. It grows in Inner Mongolia in China. It grows on dry slopes between sea level to 4,000 m above sea level across China. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Countries/locations it is found in
Asia, Central Asia, China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia, Siberia, Tibet
How it is used for food
Edible parts
Leaves