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Lathyrus pratensis

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Common Vetchling
• Meadow Vetchling
• Yellow Vetchling
• Mu di shan li dou (Pinyin)
• Meadow Pea
• Craw Pea
• Tar-fitch
• Yellow Tare
• Gesse des Prés (Frensh)
• Wiesen-platterbse (German)
• Kibana-no-renri-sō (Japan)
• Aas-seahernes
• Almorta De Los Prados
• Chemen Kululche
• China Lugovaya
• Chyna Luchna
• Chyna Lugavaya
• Erba Galletta
• Ervilha Do Prado
• Garoshak Zayachchy
• Groszek Zolty
• Gulvial
• Ledzwian Zolty
• Lesavy Lyadzei
• Linte De

Geographical Habitats

• Gansu
• Heilongjiang
• Hubei
• Qinghai
• Shaanxi
• Sichuan
• Xinjiang
• Yunnan - China
• England
• Ethiopia
• Europe
• N. Africa to Asia
• Himalaya
• India
• Siberia - Russia

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• roadsides
• hedges
• grassland
• disturbed areas
• meadows

Flowering Times

• May-Aug (GB)
• Jun -Aug (China)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Oct (China)

Scrambling herbaceous glabrous perennial tendril prostrate or climbing vine, wingless stems. simple or branched tendrils, single pair of leaflets to 35mm x 10mm. Axillary racemes to 4-12 flowers of 20mm long yellow flowers, seed pod black to 45mm x 6mm

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Norton 1996
• FOC
• FONZ
• RHS A-Z
• FOBI
• Bodkin
• JDH
• APDC
• Mansfeld
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOTA
• FOJ
• FOTA