Lathyrus nissolia
Lathyrus nissolia
Çimen burçak
Slender, erect annual, 15-50 cm, glabrescent or sparsely puberulent. Stem not winged. Leaves lanceolate-linear, phyllodic, mostly 40-100 x 2-6 mm. Peduncles filiform, 1-flowered, half as long to rarely longer than the leaves. Calyx 4-5 mm; teeth somewhat unequal, lanceolate, the lowest as long or slightly longer than the tube. Corolla bright pink, 9-11 mm. Legume linear, 32-40 x 2,5-3 mm, puberulent or glabrous. Seeds 11-16, tuberculate. FI. 5-7. Pinus nigra forest, Quercus scrub, grassy places, marshes, nr. s.I.-1900 m.
W., C. & S. Europe, Crimea, Caucasia, N. Iraq, N.W. Africa. Distinguished from all other species of Lathyrus and Vicia by its grass-like leaves.
