ACCEPTED FLOWERING SPECIES

Vicia cracca

Name author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)

A species in the Fabaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.

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Botanical classification

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Plant group: Angiosperms · flowering plants
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Vicia
Species: Vicia cracca
Taxonomic status: Accepted in this release
Name publication year: 1753

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Synonyms & earlier names

Names that this release treats as synonyms of Vicia cracca. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.

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Cracca majorName author: Gren. & Godr.
Cracca majorName author: Godr. & Gren.
Cracca plumosaName author: Timb.-Lagr.
Cracca pyrenaicaName author: Gren. ex Rouy & Foucaud
Cracca vulgarisName author: Opiz
Ervum craccaName author: (L.) Trautv.
Vicia australisName author: Ten.
Vicia azureaName author: Schur
Vicia cracca f. canescensName author: Maxim.
Vicia cracca f. craccaName author: Not supplied
Vicia cracca f. etiamalbaName author: B.Boivin
Vicia cracca f. humilisName author: Neuman
Vicia cracca f. leucanthaName author: Nakai
Vicia cracca f. macrophyllaName author: Maxim.
Vicia cracca f. pallidifloraName author: Maxim.
Vicia cracca f. pulchraName author: Druce
Vicia cracca subsp. craccaName author: Not supplied
Vicia cracca subsp. galloprovincinalisName author: Asch. & Graebn.
Vicia cracca subsp. gerardiName author: Gaudin
Vicia cracca subsp. gerardiiName author: Gaudin
Vicia cracca subsp. imbricataName author: Rouy
Vicia cracca subsp. kitaibelianaName author: (Rchb.) Soó
Vicia cracca subsp. oreophilaName author: (Zertova) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Vicia cracca subsp. vulgarisName author: Schinz & R.Keller
Vicia cracca var. alpinaName author: Rouy
Vicia cracca var. canescensName author: (Maxim.) Franch. & Sav.
Vicia cracca var. craccaName author: Not supplied
Vicia cracca var. gerardiName author: (Gaudin) W.D.J.Koch
Vicia cracca var. japonicaName author: Miq.
Vicia cracca var. kitaibelianaName author: (Rchb.) Corb.
Vicia cracca var. latifoliaName author: Coss. & Germ. ex Corb.
Vicia cracca var. leucanthaName author: (Nakai) Nakai
Vicia cracca var. linearisName author: Peterm.
Vicia cracca var. nanaName author: Gaudin
Vicia cracca var. peudocassubicaName author: Klett & Richt.
Vicia cracca var. plumosaName author: (Timb.-Lagr.) Rouy
Vicia cracca var. pulchraName author: (Druce) P.D.Sell
Vicia cracca var. vulgarisName author: W.D.J.Koch
Vicia douglassiiName author: Torr.
Vicia gerardiName author: A.St.-Hil.
Vicia grenieriName author: Rouy
Vicia heteropusName author: Freyn
Vicia hetoropusName author: Freyn
Vicia hiteropusName author: Freyn
Vicia imbricataName author: Gilib.
Vicia incanaName author: Thuill.
Vicia kitaibelianaName author: Rchb.
Vicia kitaibeliiName author: Rchb. ex Nyman
Vicia macrophyllaName author: (Maxim.) B.Fedtsch.
Vicia multifloraName author: Lam.

About this record

Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.

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