1 What is
1.1 Life Span
Perennial
Annual and Biennials
1.2 Type
1.3 Origin
Europe, Asia
Europe, Asia
1.4 Types
not available
Vicia ambigua, Vicia eriocarpa, Vicia microphylla
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
Grassland
Cultivated Beds, Waste areas
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
1.8 Sunset Zone
2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24
Not Available
1.9 Habit
Clump-Forming
Prostrate/Trailing
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
30.50 cm30.00 cm
0.54
3900
2.1.2 Minimum Width
30.50 cm60.00 cm
0.1
6350
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
2.2.3 Fruit Color
Not Available
Not Available
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
Purple, Dark Green
Green, Light Green
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Green, Light Green
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Purple, Dark Green
Green, Light Green, Yellow green
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
2.4 Thorns
3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
Summer, Fall
Spring, Summer
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
3.2.2 Growth Rate
3.2.3 Type of Soil
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer
Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
3.3 Tolerances
Wet Site, Salt
Drought, Shade areas
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
4.2 How to Plant?
4.3 Plant Maintenance
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Requires a lot of watering, Requires regular watering
Needs less watering
4.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Less Watering
4.4.3 In Spring
Ample Water
Less Watering
4.4.4 In Winter
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic
4.5.2 Soil Type
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
4.6 Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
4.7 Pruning
Prune to control growth
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
4.8 Fertilizers
Requires high amount of nitrogen
Calcium Sulphate, Phosphorous
4.9 Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
No serious insect or disease problems, Pests and diseases free
4.10 Plant Tolerance
Wet Site
Drought, Shade areas
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
5.2 Fruits
5.2.1 Showy Fruit
5.2.2 Edible Fruit
5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
5.4 Showy Foliage
5.5 Showy Bark
5.6 Foliage Texture
5.7 Foliage Sheen
5.8 Evergreen
5.9 Invasive
5.10 Self-Sowing
5.11 Attracts
5.12 Allergy
Asthma, conjunctivitis, Rhinitis
Toxic
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose
Bouquets
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
Not Available
6.1.3 Edible Uses
6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Food for animals, Food for insects, Wildlife
Fixes Nitrogen, Provides ground cover
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
No Medicinal Use
Not Available
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Whole plant
Leaves, Seeds
6.2.3 Other Uses
cultivated as pasture or hay crop, Food for animals, Food for insects
As a tea substitute, useful as a ground cover
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
6.5 Garden Design
Bedding Plant, Feature Plant, Groundcover
Edible, Groundcover
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
7.2 Common Name
Foxtail Grass
Fodder Vetch, Hairy Vetch
7.2.1 In Hindi
Foxtail Grass
hairy vetch
7.2.2 In German
Foxtail Grass
Zottelwicke
7.2.3 In French
Foxtail Grass
vesce velue
7.2.4 In Spanish
Hierba de cola de zorra
veza
7.2.5 In Greek
αλωπέκουρου Grass
τριχωτό βίκος
7.2.6 In Portuguese
grama de foxtail
ervilhaca peluda
7.2.7 In Polish
7.2.8 In Latin
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
8.2 Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
8.3 Class
8.4 Order
8.5 Family
8.6 Genus
8.7 Clade
Not Available
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
8.8 Tribe
8.9 Subfamily
8.10 Number of Species