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Yellow-vetch

Vicia lutea

62Records since 2000
JunePeak month
15Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May19
Jun22
Jul9
Aug8
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England16
2East Lothian Scotland5
3Devon England4
4Cornwall England3
5Kent England2
6Essex England2
7Powys Wales2
8Surrey England1
9Dorset England1
10Pembrokeshire Wales1
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland1
12Perth and Kinross Scotland1
13Carmarthenshire Wales1
14Kirklees England1
15Brighton and Hove England1
50 England7 Scotland3 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
62
Peak month
June
Counties with records
15
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Vicia lutea
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
269
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Vicia
Name with authority
Vicia lutea L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158451 · GBIF 2974753