Hebrew: בקיה מצויה, Arabic: البيقية الأجنبية
| Scientific name: | Vicia peregrina L. | |
| Common name: | Rambling vetch | |
| Hebrew name: | בקיה מצויה | |
| Arabic name: | البيقية الأجنبية | |
| Plant Family: | Papilionaceae, פרפרניים |
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| Life form: | Annual, climber | |
| Stems: | Procumbent to erect, branches appressed pubescent | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, compound | |
| Flowers: | Purple, violet | |
| Fruits / pods: | Fruit 1.5-4.0 cm long, 6-11 mm broad, narrowly oblong, appressed pubescent or sometimes glabrous, seeds 3-7 | |
| Flowering Period: | February, March, April, May | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | The Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Med - Irano-Turanian | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Derivation of the botanical name: Vicia, vetch; the classical Latin name for these herbs, perhaps related to vincire to bind. peregrina, peregrin, "foreign". 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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