- Family : FABACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Faboideae
- Synonym(s) : Lathyrus angulatus subsp. sphaericus (Retz.) Mateo & Figuerola; Lathyrus coccineus All.; Lathyrus controversus Loret & Barrandon; Lathyrus gerardii Roth; Lathyrus nervatus C.Presl; Lathyrus setifolius Gouan; Orobus coccineus Mill.; Orobus sphaericus (Retz.) Philippe
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lathyrus sphaericus Retz.
- Common name : Red Grass Pea, Round-seeded vetchling
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Himalayas, at altitudes of 1300-1600 m.
- Comments / notes : Also grows disturbed areas.
- Key identification features : Rachis ending in a tendrils; Flowers red.
- Flower, Fruit : February-April
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Islands, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Morocco, Nepal,
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Islands, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Morocco, Nepal, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Yugoslavia, Zaïre
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 108
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 213
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lathyrus sphaericus. Downloaded on 16 February 2025.
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