Fabaceae
Grass vetchling
Lathyrus nissolia
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lathyrus
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- جلبان نيسولي
- arz
- جلبان نيسولى
- Czech
- Hrachor trávolistý
- Dutch
- Graslathyrus
- English
- Grass vetchling, Grass pea
- French
- Gesse de nissole
- German
- Gras-Platterbse, Grasplatterbse
- hsb
- Trawowy hróšik
- Hungarian
- Kacstalan lednek
- Icelandic
- Grasertur
- Macedonian
- Пролетен граор
- Malayalam
- ലാത്വൈറസ് നിസോളിയ, ഗ്രാസ്സ് വെച്ച്ലിങ്
- Polish
- Groszek liściakowy
- Slovenian
- Nissolejev grahor
- Swedish
- Gräsvial
- Ukrainian
- Чина злаколиста
- Welsh
- Ytbysen feinddail
Synonyms
- Anurus nissolia (L.) Fourr.
- Orobus nissolia (L.) Döll
- Pisum nissolium (L.) E.H.L.Krause
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Phil Sellens from East Sussex, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Phil Sellens from East Sussex, CC BY 2.0, 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.