Index / Search / Vicia sativa ssp. nigra
§1 Plant
Vicia sativa L. ssp. nigra (L.) Ehrh.
vernacular garden vetch — subspecies · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Vicia
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 635 counties across 32 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 635 counties across 32 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 55 I ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Mississippi 05093
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 24 I ▾
- Baldwin 13009
- Bartow 13015
- Bulloch 13031
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Echols 13101
- Elbert 13105
- Floyd 13115
- Grady 13131
- Hall 13139
- Hart 13147
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Lee 13177
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- Morgan 13211
- Oconee 13219
- Spalding 13255
- Upson 13293
- Walker 13295
- Wilcox 13315
- Worth 13321
Illinois view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 22 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 58 I ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 50 I ▾
- Adams 28001
- Amite 28005
- Bolivar 28011
- Carroll 28015
- Chickasaw 28017
- Clarke 28023
- Coahoma 28027
- Copiah 28029
- Covington 28031
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Issaquena 28055
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson 28063
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Lincoln 28085
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Monroe 28095
- Neshoba 28099
- Newton 28101
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tishomingo 28141
- Walthall 28147
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Wilkinson 28157
- Yazoo 28163
Missouri view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Cayuga 36011
- Clinton 36019
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Saratoga 36091
- Schoharie 36095
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 84 I ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
Ohio view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 17 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 45 I ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 39 I ▾
- Bradley 47011
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Crockett 47033
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Fayette 47047
- Gibson 47053
- Grainger 47057
- Greene 47059
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lewis 47101
- Lincoln 47103
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- McNairy 47109
- Meigs 47121
- Montgomery 47125
- Polk 47139
- Rutherford 47149
- Shelby 47157
- Smith 47159
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Washington 47179
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Vermont view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 3 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 47 I ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Calumet 55015
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jefferson 55055
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sheboygan 55117
- Taylor 55119
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VISAN2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2975035 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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