Lathyrus ochrus (L.) D.C.

Spice Flower Fruit In the field

Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Genus: Lathyrus

Catalan common name: bord o moro. Favull pla. Quixot. Tapissot.

Spanish common name: Tapizote.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Girona.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Cultivated fields, path and road sides.

Characteristics: A climbing plant, with winged stems and leaves reduced to a large winged leaf-stalk, which can have leaflets arranged in a capricious, asymmetrical way; the whole plant is whitish green. The flowers are yellow.