''Lathyrus angulatus'' is a species of
wild pea known by the common name angled pea.
It is native to southern Europe and North Africa, and it is known from elsewhere as an
introduced species.
This is an annual herb with a flanged, hairless stem. Each leaf is made up of two leaflike leaflets each a few centimeters long and very narrow. It has tiny coiling
tendrils. The
inflorescence holds a solitary flower on a long bristle-tipped
peduncle Peduncle may refer to:
*Peduncle (botany), a stalk supporting an inflorescence, which is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed
*Peduncle (anatomy), a stem, through which a mass of tissue is attached to a body
**Peduncle (art ...
with the flower situated midway. The purple pea flower is about a centimeter wide. The fruit is a hairless
dehiscent
Dehiscence is the splitting of a mature plant structure along a built-in line of weakness to release its contents. This is common among fruits, anthers and sporangia. Sometimes this involves the complete detachment of a part; structures that op ...
legume pod.
External links
Calflora: ''Lathyrus angulatus''— ''introduced species''.
Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants ProfilePhoto gallery
angulatus
Flora of Europe
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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