Flower. Photo: Keir Morse, Oregon, USA

Flower on stem. Photo: Zoya Akulova, California, USA

Flower, leaves, and stems. Photo: JC Schou, Denmark

Leaf. Photo: Keir Morse, Oregon, USA

Common Name

Slender Wild-pea

Family

Fabaceae

Notes

Introduced annual forb to 50cm tall. Leaves alternating up the stems, compound, with 2 leaflets, each flat, 2-5cm long, 1-7mm wide, hairless, tips pointed. Flowers pea-shaped, red, with 5 petals, 2 almost joined together. Flowers single, the stalks arising from the bases of the leaves.

eFloraSA description:  http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Lathyrus_sphaericus