Lathyrus pratensis L., 1753
Common names
- 🇬🇧 Meadow Vetchling
- 🇫🇷 Gesse des prés
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 pratensis
Presence
Present.
Conservation status
- Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
- Red List (Global): LC Least Concern
Notes
Possible confusion with L. annuus L., 1753, whose leaves are made of a pair of long linear leaflets, while those of L. pratensis are made of a pair of short lanceolate leaflets.
Photographs
Sources
Rowe, J., Shehadeh, A., & Maxted, N. (2019). Lathyrus pratensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2019. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T120075014A122201991.en
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 730). Biotope.