Vicia amoena, the lovely vetch, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, widely distributed in Siberia, Mongolia, China, and Korea. This plant is a herbaceous perennial climbing plant growing 50–100 cm tall. It has multiple branches per stem and is a scrambler. This species has heavily clustered purple vetch flowers. This species’s leaves are eaten in Korea and sold in food markets. Vicia means “binder” in Latin; this was the name used by Pliny the Elder for vetch.
