Fabaceae
Black pea
Lathyrus niger
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lathyrus
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Common names
By language (23)
- Arabic
- جلبان أسود, كشنى
- arz
- جلبان اسود
- Asturian
- Berindiu
- Belarusian
- Сачавічнік чорны, Баравыя зайчыкі, Галудзіца, Заяччы гарох, Чорнае зелле
- Bulgarian
- Черно секирче
- Chinese
- 黑山黧豆
- Czech
- Hrachor černý
- Dutch
- Zwarte lathyrus
- English
- Black pea
- Estonian
- Must seahernes
- Finnish
- Mustalinnunherne
- French
- Gesse noire
- German
- Schwärzende Platterbse, Dunkle Platterbse, Schwarze Platterbse, Schwarzwerdende Platterbse
- hsb
- Ćmowy hróšik
- Icelandic
- Dökkertur
- Latvian
- Melnējošā dedestiņa
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Svarterteknapp
- Persian
- خلر سیاه
- Polish
- Groszek czerniejący
- Slovenian
- Črni grahor
- Swedish
- Vippärt
- Ukrainian
- Чина чорна
- Welsh
- Ytbysen ddu
Synonyms
- Orobus niger L.
- Pisum nigrum (L.) E.H.L.Krause
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 140 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Brenda Black, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tommy Andriollo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Drepanostoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.