Tufted Vetch
Vicia cracca
- Flowering period
- June–August
- Nectar
- gut
- Pollen
- mittel
Tufted Vetch flowers from June to August in dense blue-violet racemes along roadsides, embankments and in meadows. A good nectar value and a medium pollen value make it a reliable summer source. It climbs up grasses and perennials and holds on even in extensively managed grassland. Where mowing dates are late, it can produce for weeks.
Sources (5)
- Trachtpflanzen-Katalog Bienenroute: Vogel-Wicke
- Bienenweiden, Hortipendium
- Filipiak, Walczyńska, Denisow, Petanidou, Ziółkowska (2022): Phenology and production of pollen, nectar and sugar in 1612 plant species from various environments
- Baude, Kunin, Memmott (2015): Nectar sugar values of common British plant species [AgriLand]
- Baude, Kunin, Davies, Wright, Memmott (2025): Pollen production values of common British plant species