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Narrowleaf Vetch

Vicia sativa

11,032Records since 2000
MayPeak month
119Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan26
Feb23
Mar63
Apr1,341
May4,076
Jun2,474
Jul779
Aug404
Sep249
Oct149
Nov62
Dec17

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,165
2Sefton England402
3Essex England345
4Norfolk England258
5Suffolk England247
6Oxfordshire England234
7Herefordshire, County of England171
8Telford and Wrekin England157
9Devon England147
10Cambridgeshire England143
11Highland Scotland142
12Surrey England141
13Portsmouth England117
14Kent England105
15Halton England98
9,595 England509 Scotland412 Wales50 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 119 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,032
Peak month
May
Counties with records
119
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Vicia sativa
Also known as
Common Vetch
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
40,061
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Vicia
Name with authority
Vicia sativa L.
Contributing datasets
49

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157071 · GBIF 2975014