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Red pea

Lathyrus cicera

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Field Notes

Description:

This is a hairless annual herb producing a slightly winged stem. The leaves are each made up of two leaflike linear leaflets 3 to 6 centimeters long. They also bear branched, curling tendrils. The inflorescence holds a single pea flower 1 to 1.5 centimeters wide which is a varying shade of red. The fruit is a hairless dehiscent legume pod.
Not edible. It contains a neurotoxin and can cause lathyrism.

Habitat:

Is a species of wild pea known by the common names red pea and flatpod peavine. It is native to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, and it is known from other places as an introduced species.

Notes:

Parque Natural Lagunas de La Mata

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