Lathyrus sphaericus Retz.

Spice In the field

Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Genus: Lathyrus

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

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Therophytic calicole fields. Therophytic communities, road sides.

Characteristics: A plant very similar to L. insconspicuus. Differs from the later as the peduncle of its inflorescence prolongs into an awn.