Tag: Azores

#292 They called me Vicia hirsuta, also known as Vicia taquetii, and Vicia mitchellii. I pay homage to the male botanists Taquet (I couldn’t find his records), and M. E. Mitchell, or John Mitchell. They first catalogued me in 1822.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qinghai, Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia, and Zaïre.