Lathyrus sylvestris L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Narrow-leaved Everlasting-pea
🇫🇷 Gesse sylvestre, Gesse des bois, Grande gesse

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 sylvestris

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

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

Notes

Possible confusion with L. latifolius L., 1753, whose leaves are made of a pair of short elliptical or ovate leaflets, while those of L. sylvestris are made of a pair of long lanceolate leaflets.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

L. sylvestris var. angustifolius (Medik.) Schkuhr, 1796;
L. sylvestris var. platyphyllos Retz., 1795;
L. sylvestris var. sylvestris L., 1753, P.

Photographs

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

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

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

Sources

Osborne, J. (2011). Lathyrus sylvestris (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176568/7268428
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 730). Biotope.