Common kidneyvetch
Anthyllis vulneraria L.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 23 cm
- wide
- 61 cm
Fabaceae
Also called Kidney vetch, Kidney-vetch, Ladies’ fingers, Woundwort
Formerly Vulneraria anthyllis
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Annual or perennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to Iran, N. & NE. Trop. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 5 cm to 41 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Spread
- 61 cmRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, redRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -23.3 °C (USDA zone 6a)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
Not known yet: light, water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- vulneraria, hierba de la cuchillada, pie de gallo encarnado
- Chinese
- 岩豆, 绒毛花
- Asturian
- vulneraria
- Catalan
- Vulnerària
- Czech
- úročník bolhoj
- Welsh
- Plucen felen
- Danish
- Gul Rundbælg
- German
- Echter Wundklee, Gemeiner Wundklee, Gewöhnlicher Wundklee
- Estonian
- Harilik koldrohi
- Finnish
- euroopanmasmalo, Masmalo
- French
- Anthyllide vulnéraire, vulnéraire
- Upper Sorbian
- Wšědny wuwróćenc
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Anthyllis vulneraria (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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