Fabaceae
Lathyrus

Lathyrus aphaca L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 729 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Medit. to Central Asia and Indian Subcontinent. It is a scrambling annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Mediterranean bushland & thicket, Mediterranean grasslands.
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb
Vernacular
China Bezlistochkovaya, Gesse Aphylle, Jangli Matter, Janglimatar, Pili Matter, Ranken-Platterbse, Yellow Pea, Yellow Vetch, Yellow Vetchling
[ILDIS]

Seed Collecting Guide. RBG Kew (2013-2016)

Morphology General Habit
Annual herbs, scrambling or trailing, stems slender, 5-50 cm long, glabrous, not winged.stipules large, 16-25 mm long, foliaceous, broadly ovate, base cordate to hastate, apex acute, shortly mucronate
Morphology Leaves Rachis
rachis not bearing leaflets, ending in a simple tendril
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
peduncles thin, longer than stipules, with 1-2 flowers
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers 7-13 mm long; calyx 3-9 mm long, teeth subequal, 2 to 3 times as long as tube; corolla bright to pale yellow, standrad obovate, emarginate at apex, wings as long as keel
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
pod linear-oblong, curved or straight, 18-35 mm long by 4-6 mm wide
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
4-6 seed, seed testa smooth, 2-3.5 mm diameter
Ecology
as a weed in cultivated fields, disturbed ground, steppe, meadows, riversides, roadsides, scrub, often on limestone substrates. altitude 0 - 1900 m
Distribution
North Africa, throughout Europe but probably introduced in Northern parts, South-Western and Central Asia
Conservation
Near endangered
Phenology
Flower (no data), fruit (no data)
[SCG]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19379015/120105648

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Uses

Use
Domestic, Forage, Medicine, Toxins, Weed
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Seed Collection Guides

    • Seed Collection Guides
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0