Vicia sylvatica L. 1753,

Sp. Pl.: 734; Grindel, 1803, Bot. Taschenb. Liv. Cur. Ehstl.: 223; Б. Федч. 1948, Фл. СССР, 13: 429; Līvena, 1957, Latv. PSR Fl. 3: 184; P. W. Ball, 1968, Fl. Europ. 2: 132; Цвелев, 1987, Фл. европ. части СССР, 6: 133; Yakovlev et al. 1996, Legumes north. Eurasia: 575.

Forests, glades, edges of forests, roadsides, shrubberies. Rather frequent, in all territory.