Lathyrus cicera, L.

43. L. cicera L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 730 (1753)

(? inch L. aegaeus Davidov ).

Glabrous annual; stem 20-100 cm, winged. Leaflets l (-2) pairs, 10-90(-110) x 1—6(— 15) mm, linear to lanceolate; stipules 10-20 x 2-5 mm, lanceolate, semi-sagittate. Flowers solitary; peduncles 10-30 mm, articulated near the middle or apex. Calyx-teeth equal, 2-3 times as long as tube; corolla (5-)10-14(-20) mm, reddishpurple. Legume 20-40 x 5-10 mm, brown, glabrous, with 2 keels on dorsal suture. Seeds 2-6, smooth; hilum A of the circumference. 2/z= 14. Grassland and cultivated ground. S. Europe; often cultivated elsewhere forfodder and sometimes persisting. Al BI Bu Co Cr Ga Gr He Hs It Ju Lu Rm Rs (K, E) Sa Si Tu [Au].

L. stenophyllus Boiss. & Heldr. in Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 2(9): 126 (1849), from Anatolia, has been once recorded from Kriti, but its presence there requires confirmation. It is like 43 but has calyx-teeth as long as the tube and the legume with 3 keels on the dorsal suture.