Taxonomy: Fam. Fabaceae// Genus: Lathyrus// Species: Lathyrus nissolia L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Ball (1968 in Tutin et al.) and Micevski (2001).
Lifeform: Annual plant. Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Europe to the Mediterranean and Iran, Northwest Africa according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Clearings of forests in the Querco-carpinetum orientalis association zone. Recorded in the Zletovska River basin – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Stari Grad region).
Flowering period: Spring to summer (MAY, JUN).
Locality: Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin). Date: 25.05.2026.
Lathyrus nissolia– habit in habitat. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. .Lathyrus nissolia– habit in habitat. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– habit in habitat. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– habit in habitat. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– flowering stem with phyllodes and flowers. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– flowering stem with phyllodes and flowers. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– flower. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– flower. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– flower. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– flower. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– flower. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– flower. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– flower. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– flower. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– flower. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– flower. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– pedicel with bud. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– pedicel with bud. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– pod. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– pod. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– pod. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– pod. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– pod. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– pod. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– stem and phyllodes. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– stem and phyllodes. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– stem and phyllodes. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– abaxial side of phyllodes. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– abaxial side of phyllodes. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– stem base with roots. Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scaled images. Speciemns from Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin). Date: 25.05.2026.
Lathyrus nissolia– habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Stari Grad – hills between the Shtalkovicha River and the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– stem with phyllodes. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– stem with phyllodes. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lathyrus nissolia– pods. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Ball, P. W. 1968. Lathyrus L. (Incl. Orobus L.). In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 136–143.
Micevski, K. 2001. Lathyrus L., The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. I, Book 5. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1233–1255.
