Lathyrus nissoliaL. - Grass Vetchling
Scientific Description:
Slender, erect annual, 15−50 cm, glabrescent or sparsely puberulent. Stem not winged. Leaves lanceolate-linear, phyllodic, mostly 40−100 × 2−6 mm. Peduncles filiform, 1(−2)-flowered, half as long to rarely longer than the leaves. Calyx 4−5 mm; teeth somewhat unequal, lanceolate, the lowest as long or slightly longer than the tube. Corolla bright pink, 9−11 mm. Legume linear, 32−40 × 2.5−3 mm, puberulent or glabrous. Seeds 11−16 tuberculate.
Flowering time: May−July
Habitat: Pinus nigra L. forest, Quercus L. scrub, grassy places, marshes, nr. s.l.−1900 m.
Reference:
Davis PH (1970). Lathyrus nissolia L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 3: 366.
Public Description:
Lathyrus nissolia, common name “grass vetchling”, is native to the most areas in Europe, North-western Africa, East Mediterranean and the Caucasus. Grass vetchling is a erect annual herb with stem to about 50 cm. The crimson-pink flowers are held solitarily or in pairs on long stalks. It is very easy to recognize this remarkable plant during the flowering period, but it is one of the rare species with narrow long leaves belonging to the pea family and has grassy appearance. For this reason, it is difficult to distinguish it from other grasses except for the flowering time. It can be seen in flower between May and July.
References:
Anonymous 1 (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lathyrus_nissolia /, Accessed date: 09.02.2016.
Anonymous 2 (2016). http://wildseed.co.uk/species/view/246 //, Accessed date: 09.02.2016.
Anonymous 3 (2016). http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=LANI3/, Accessed date: 09.02.2016.
Güneş F (2012). Lathyrus L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 466−470.