Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Spring beans (Vicia faba) under cultivation at RSPB's Hope Farm, Cambridgeshire, UK, May 2011.

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Perfoliate alexanders (Smyrnium perfoliatum) flowers and Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) Bastasi area, Northern Livanjsko Polje (karst plateau) Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Flowering Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) and Buttercup (Ranunculus) in the meadows of Nuglasica area, Northern Livanjsko Polje (karst plateau) Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 20...

Nigel Cattlin / Broad bean (Vicia faba) roots with root nodules formed by Bacteria (Rhizobium sp) for nitrogen fixation.

Nigel Cattlin / Broad bean (Vicia faba) seed in velvet lined pod, ripe and ready for harvest. Berkshire, England, UK. July.

Nigel Cattlin / Faba bean rust pustules on Broad bean (Vicia faba) leaf caused by Fungus (Uromyces viciae-fabae). Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Faba bean rust pustules on Broad bean (Vicia faba) leaf caused by Fungus (Uromyces viciae-fabae). Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Broad bean (Vicia faba) seed in velvet lined pod, ripe and ready for harvest. Berkshire, England, UK. July.

Nigel Cattlin / Faba bean rust pustules on Broad bean (Vicia faba) leaf caused by Fungus (Uromyces viciae-fabae). Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Faba bean rust pustules on Broad bean (Vicia faba) leaf caused by Fungus (Uromyces viciae-fabae). Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Common vetch (Vicia sativa) with Red ant (Myrmica rubra) on bud. Berkshire, England, UK. June.

Nigel Cattlin / Germinating Broad bean (Vicia faba) with severe Slug (Gastropoda) damage to seed. Berkshire, England, UK. May.