Hebrew: בקיית הכלאיים, Arabic: البيقية الهجينة
| Scientific name: | Vicia hybrida L. | |
| Common name: | Hairy yellow vetch | |
| Hebrew name: | בקיית הכלאיים | |
| Arabic name: | البيقية الهجينة | |
| Family: | Papilionaceae, פרפרניים |
Location: Sharon, Bnei Zion Nature Reserve |
| Life form: | Therophyte, annual | |
| Stems: | 20-60 cm; plant hairy or glabrescent; climbing, prostrate; stems not tufted | |
| Leaves: | Compound, pinnate, smooth | |
| Flowers: | Inflorescence axillary; calyx 5-lobed, glabrous; Petals separate; corolla papilionaceous; Yellow | |
| Fruits / pods: | Legume, dehiscent, oblong or ellipsoidal, hairy; 3-10 seeded, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, surface smooth, mottled or patchy; olive, brown, or black | |
| Flowering Period: | February, March, April, May | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | ephemeral |
Location: Sharon, Bnei Zion Nature Reserve Derivation of the botanical name: Vicia, vetch; the classical Latin name for these herbs, perhaps related to vincire to bind. hybrida, mongrel, hybrid. vetch, late 14c., from Old North French, veche, variant of Old French vece, from Latin vicia. The Hebrew name: בקיה, bakia, Post Biblical Hebrew: vetch; Greek: bikion, from Arabic: بيقية (bikia) or باقية (bakya).
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