Lathyrus annuus L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Fodder Pea
🇫🇷 Gesse annuelle

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Fabids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Lathyrus
Species: Lathyrus annuus

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with L. pratensis L., 1753, whose leaves are made of a pair of short lanceolate leaflets, while those of L. annuus are made of a pair of long linear leaflets.

Photographs

img/lathyrus-annuus.webp — *Lathyrus annuus*

img/lathyrus-annuus-2.webp — *Lathyrus annuus*

img/lathyrus-annuus-3.webp — *Lathyrus annuus* - Leaf

Sources

Osborne, J. (2011). Lathyrus annuus (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176510/7256529
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 733). Biotope.