Lathyrus cicera L.

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Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Genus: Lathyrus

Catalan common name: Guixols.

Spanish common name: Almorta de monte. Almorta silvestre. Cicercha. Cicérula. Diente de muerto. Gálgana. Guija. Lenteja forrajera.

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

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera. Cabrera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Therophytic calicole fields. Cultivated fields and therophytic communities.

Characteristics: A herbaceous plant with winged stems and petioles, leaves with two folioles, lanceolate with a branching tendril. Characteristic aret he wide stipules and red flowers. Can be differentiated from Lathyrus setifolius as this later has very narrow folioles and the stems are only slightly winged. Flowers at the beginning of spring.