Lathyrus rotundifolius
Lathyrus rotundifolius
Subsp. miniatus: Hırıgürü
Tall, climbing perennial, very glabrous. Stems winged, 1-2.5 m. Leaves with branched tendrils; leaflets 1-paired, broadly elliptic, rarely suborbicular, slightly longer to 3 x as long as broad, 25-65 x 10-45 mm, flat, parallel-veined. Stipules ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, semi-sagittate, 1-2 x as broad as stem. Peduncles 3-13-flowered, much longer than leaves. Calyx 7-9 mm; teeth unequal, the upper broadly triangular, the lowest tooth longer, triangular-lanceolate, a little shorter than tube. Corolla deep pink, 18-25 mm. Legume linear, glabrous, upper suture narrowly 3-keeled, 50-70 x 7-10 mm. Seeds 6-10, faintly reticulate-rugulose, hilum 1/5 of circumference. Fl. 6-7. Scrub , hedges, lush meadows, corn and fallow fields, 1000-2200 m.
Caucasia. N. Iraq, N. Iran. Subsp. miniatus differs from the Crimean subsp. rotundifolius in its stouter, more broadly winged stems, usually longer leaflets, more richly flowered racemes, and larger calyx with relatively longer teeth, but specimens of the former subspecies often approach the less variable Crimean population in one character or another.
