Fabaceae
Lathyrus

Lathyrus pratensis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 733 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to Mongolia and Himalaya, Morocco, Ethiopia, Yemen. It is a climbing annual or perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Afromontane grassland
Morphology General Habit
Annual/Perennial, Climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Aas-seahernes, Almorta De Los Prados, Chemen Kululche, China Lugovaya, Chyna Luchna, Chyna Lugavaya, Erba Galletta, Ervilha Do Prado, Garoshak Zayachchy, Gesse Des Pres, Groszek Zolty, Gulvial, Kibana No Renri So, Ledzwian Zolty, Lesavy Lyadzei, Linte De
[ILDIS]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/120075014/122201991

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

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]

Seed Collecting Guide. RBG Kew (2013-2016)

Morphology General Habit
Perrenials, rootstock branching, cylindrical, creeping
Morphology Stem
stems scrambling, 20-60 cm tall, compressed or 4-angled. vegetative parts subglabrous to pubescent
Morphology Leaves Stipules
stipules ovate to lanceolate, much broader than leaflets, 7-37 mm long, base obliquely sagittate
Morphology Leaves
petioles wingless
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
leaflets 1 pair, narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, 10-40 mm long by 1.5-11 mm wide, venation parallel, rachis ending in a simple or branched tendril
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
peduncles often slightly curved, much longer than leaves
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
racemes of (3-)5-10 flowers flowers 10- 15 mm long; calyx 6-9 mm long, teeth equalling to slightly longer than tube, spreading at anthesis; corolla bright yellow, standard ovate, abruptly tapering into a claw, wings with narrowly curved claw, limb curved with short auricle at base
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
pods sessile, linear-oblong, 20-35 mm long by 5-6 mm wide, apex tapering to a short beak, surface glabrous or pubescent, venation oblique
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
4-8(-10) per fruit, compressed-globose, testa smooth, marbled red-brown.
Ecology
meadows, riversides, scrublands, forest edges. altitude 0 - 2300 m.
Distribution
Europe, North and North-East Africa, Middle East, Caucasus, Central Asia, Himalayas
Conservation
Near endangered
Phenology
Flower (june-july), fruit (no data)
[SCG]

Uses

Use
Environmental, Forage, Medicine
[ILDIS]

Common Names

English
Meadow Vetchling

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 Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • 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