Lathyrus cicera
Lathyrus cicera
Colban
Annual, 15-50 cm, glabrous or sometimes ± pilose. Stems with the wings somewhat narrower than the stem. Median and upper leaves with simple or 3-sect tendrils; leaflets 1-paired, linear-Ianceolate or linear, rarely narrowly elliptic, 15-95 x 1-9 mm; stipules ovate-Ianceolate acuminate, semi-sagittate, usually 2-3 x as wide as stem. Peduncles 1-flowered, c. 1/2 as long as leaves. Calyx 7-9 mm; teeth subequal, lanceolate and shortly acuminate, 2-3 x as long as tube, erect or slightly patent. Corolla brick-red , 12-16 mm; wings distinctly obovate. Legume oblong , 25-40 x 8-10,5 mm, usually not gland-dotted, attenuate-beaked, upper suture flattened and with 2 narrow lateral keels, rarely with sublineate valves; style 3,5-5 mm. Seeds 3-5, smooth, 5-6 mm. Fl. 4-5. Quercus scrub, Pinus brutia forest, rocky slopes. vineyards, corn and fallow fields, 5-2000 m.
N. & N.W. Iran, Transcaucasia, C. Asia.
