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 East Central Europe to the Mediterranean and Nepal, Tropical African Mountains according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Open habitats – hill pastures, clearings and edges of forests, shrubland.
Flowering period: Spring – summer: APR, MAY, JUN.
Lathyrus sphaericus – habit. Osogovo – hilly region near village of Rajchani, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus sphaericus – habit. Osogovo – hilly region near village of Rajchani, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus sphaericus – habit. Osogovo – hilly region near village of Rajchani, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus sphaericus – flower. Osogovo – hilly region near village of Rajchani, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus sphaericus – side view of flower and calyx. Osogovo – hilly region near village of Rajchani, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus sphaericus – stems with leaves. Osogovo – hilly region near village of Rajchani, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus sphaericus – stems with leaves. Osogovo – hilly region near village of Rajchani, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus sphaericus – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus sphaericus – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus sphaericus – stems with flowers and cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus sphaericus – stems with flower and cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus sphaericus – stem, leaf and stipules and flower. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lathyrus sphaericus – side view of flowerand calyx. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. 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.
