Taxonomy: Fam. Fabaceae// Genus: Lathyrus // Species: Lathyrus pratensis L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 2001).
Lifeform: Perennial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Europe to Siberia, Mongolia, China, Himalaya and India; Yemen; Africa- Morocco and Ethiopia according to distribution information provided by the Plants of The World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Clearings and edges of oak forests and European beech forests, grasslands and meadows, from c. 850 m up to the subalpine belt.
Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL.
Lathyrus pratensis– habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus pratensis– habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus pratensis– habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus pratensis– flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus pratensis– flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus pratensis– flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus pratensis– pods. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus pratensis– pods. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus pratensis– pod. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus pratensis– stem with leaves and stipules. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus pratensis– stem with leaves and stipules. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus pratensis– adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Osogovo nature 