Lathyrus setifolius L.

Spice

Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Genus: Lathyrus

Catalan common name: Guixó.

Spanish common name: Alverjilla. Alverjoncillo. Arvejilla.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Therophytic calicole fields. Therophytic communities.

Characteristics: A small annual plant with upper leaves that have a pair of large and thin folioles those end in a very branched terminal tendril. The inflorescences have only on red flower, with the peduncle shorter or the same length as the axial leaf and lacking an awn or even at times with a small mucron that doesn't exceed the flower in length. The fruit is pedunculate, wide (up to 20 mm.) and contains tuberculate seeds (1-6).