Scientific Name

Vicia disperma DC.

Family

Fabaceae (Queensland, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, and the Northern Territory)
Fabaceae: sub-family Faboideae (New South Wales)
Leguminosae (South Australia)
Papilionaceae (Western Australia)

Common Names

European vetch, French tiny vetch, small French tare, two-seeded vetch, vetch

Origin

Native to north-western Africa (i.e. Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia), the Azores, the Madeira Islands, the Canary Islands southern Europe (i.e. Italy, France, Portugal and Spain).

Naturalised Distribution

Naturalised is some parts of south-eastern Australia (i.e. near Melbourne in southern Victoria and in south-eastern New South Wales). It has also been recorded in the ACT.

Also naturalised in some parts of southern USA (i.e. California, Mississippi and Alabama) and in New Zealand.

Notes

French tiny vetch (Vicia disperma) is regarded as an environmental weed in Victoria.