Fabaceae
Caley pea
Lathyrus hirsutus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lathyrus
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Common names
By language (24)
- Arabic
- جلبان مشعر, بسلة هلباء
- arz
- جلبان مشعر
- Bulgarian
- Влакнесто секирче
- Catalan
- Gesse Hérissée
- Czech
- Hrachor chlupatý
- Dutch
- Ruige lathyrus
- English
- Caley pea, Hairy vetchling, Rough pea, Winterpea
- Estonian
- Karvane seahernes
- Finnish
- Karvanätkelmä
- French
- Gesse hérissée, Gesse Velue
- German
- Behaartfrüchtige Platterbse, Behaarte Platterbse, Rauhaarige Platterbse, Gesse Hérissée
- Hebrew
- טופח שעיר
- hsb
- Kosmaty hróšik
- Icelandic
- Loðertur
- Latvian
- Skarbā dedestiņa
- Lithuanian
- Gesse Hérissée
- Persian
- خلر کرکی
- Polish
- Groszek kosmatostrąkowy
- Slovenian
- Dlakavi grahor
- Spanish
- Guija Velluda
- Swedish
- Luddvial, Gesse Hérissée
- Turkish
- Tüylü mürdümük
- Ukrainian
- Чина шорстка
- Welsh
- Ytbysen flewog
Synonyms
- Lastila hirsuta (L.) Alef.
- Lastila hirsuta var. annua Alef.
- Lastila hirsuta var. biennis Alef.
- Lathyrus cicer Hablitz
- Lathyrus coerulescens Boiss. & Reut.
- Lathyrus hirsutus f. brevipedunculatus Cout.
- Lathyrus hirsutus var. brevipedunculatus Cout.
- Lathyrus hirsutus var. ecirrhosus Schur
- Lathyrus hirtus Lam.
- Lathyrus leptophyllus K.Koch ex Boiss.
- Lathyrus variegatus Host
- Orobus glabratus Nyman
- Orobus hirsutus var. glabriusculus Ser.
- Orobus lathyroides Hablitz
- Pisum hirsutum (L.) E.H.L.Krause
Flowers
- Flower colour
- blue (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Bogdan assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christian.gilli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.