Fabaceae
Red pea
Lathyrus cicera
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lathyrus
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- جلبان حمصي
- arz
- جلبان حمصى
- Catalan
- Guixonera
- Czech
- Hrachor cizrnový
- English
- Red pea
- Finnish
- Purppuranätkelmä
- French
- Gesse liche, Jarosse
- German
- Rote Platterbse, Kicher-Platterbse
- Hungarian
- Csicserilednek
- Macedonian
- Граворика
- Persian
- خلر نخودی
- Portuguese
- Gramicha
- Slovenian
- Čičkasti grahor
- Swedish
- Rödvial
- Ukrainian
- Чина нутова
Synonyms
- Cicercula anceps Moench
- Cicercula cicera (L.) Alef.
- Cicercula cicera var. coromandelica Alef.
- Cicercula cicera var. foveolata Alef.
- Cicercula cicera var. parvula Alef.
- Cicercula cicera var. pilosa Alef.
- Cicercula cicera var. serotina Alef.
- Cicercula cicera var. vulgaris Alef.
- Lathyrus aegeus Davidov
- Lathyrus cicera f. angustifolius (Rouy) Bolzon
- Lathyrus cicera prol. erythrinus (C.Presl) Asch. & Graebn.
- Lathyrus cicera var. angustifolius Rouy
- Lathyrus cicera var. genuinus Rouy
- Lathyrus cicera var. latifolius Rouy
- Lathyrus cicera var. sub-bijugus Cout.
- Lathyrus cicera var. tenuifolius Foucaud & Simon
- Lathyrus cicerinus St.-Lag.
- Lathyrus dubius Ten.
- Lathyrus erythrinus C.Presl
- Lathyrus erythrinus (C.Presl) Asch. & Graebn.
- Lathyrus italicus Juss. ex Spreng.
- Lathyrus pilosus Steud. & Hochst. ex Rchb.
- Lathyrus purpureus C.Presl
- Lathyrus siculus Steud.
- Lathyrus szowitsii Boiss.
- Pisum rubrum E.H.L.Krause
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.