Lathyrus annuus L.

Spice In the field

Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Genus: Lathyrus

Catalan common name: Guixa borda.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

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: Quite a robust climbing herb. We will recognise it because it has a winged stem, as happens in many species of Lathyrus, but the leaves have two large, lanceolate leaflets, moreover the flowers are large and yellow. It develops a very compressed pod. We will find it in grasslands and in slightly cool, moist places. It flowers in spring.