Taxonomy: Fam. Fabaceae// Genus: Lathyrus// Species: Lathyrus cicera L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Ball in Tutin et al. (1968) and Micevski in Micevski (2001).
Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from South Central and East Europe to the Mediterranean and Pakistan according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Open habitats – hill pastures, rocky terrains, shrubland.
Flowering period: Spring: APR, MAY.
Lathyrus cicera – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – flower. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – flower. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – flower. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – flower. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – flower. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – flower. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – flower. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – stem with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..Lathyrus cicera – adaxial side of leaf and winged stem. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..Lathyrus cicera – adaxial side of leaf and winged stem. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..Lathyrus cicera – abaxial side of leaf and tendril. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..Lathyrus cicera – abaxial side of leaf and winged stem. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..Lathyrus cicera – stipules and winged stem. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..Lathyrus cicera – stem with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..Lathyrus cicera – tendril. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..Lathyrus cicera – tendril. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..Lathyrus cicera – winged stem. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 27.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..Lathyrus cicera – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 25.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – upper part of stem with cauline leaves and flower. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 25.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – flower. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 25.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – flower. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 25.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – stipules and tendril of leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 25.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – winged stem. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 25.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – winged stem and stipules. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 25.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – flower. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – flower. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – side view of flower and calyx; winged stem, leaf and stipules. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – stem with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – winged stem and leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus cicera – leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Lathyrus L. (Incl. Orobus L.). Ball, P.W. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 136 – 143.
Lathyrus L. Micevski, K. in Micevski, K. (2001). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 5. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1233 – 1255.
