Fabaceae
Meadow vetchling
Lathyrus pratensis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lathyrus
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Common names
By language (41)
- Arabic
- جلبان مرجي
- Armenian
- Տափոլոռ մարգագետնային
- arz
- جلبان مرجى
- Azerbaijani
- Çəmən güllücəsi
- Belarusian
- Чына лугавая, Гарошак заяччы, Гусіны гарох, Лесавы лядзей, Люткі
- Bulgarian
- Ливадно секирче
- Catalan
- Guixó de prat
- Chinese
- 牧地山黧豆, 牧地香豌豆, 草原香豌豆
- Czech
- Hrachor luční
- Danish
- Gul Fladbælg
- Dutch
- Veldlathyrus
- English
- Meadow vetchling, Meadow pea
- Estonian
- Aas-seahernes
- Finnish
- Niittynätkelmä
- French
- Gesse des prés, Gesse des pres
- Georgian
- Მდელოს მატკვარცანა
- German
- Wiesen-Platterbse, Wiesenplatterbse
- hsb
- Łučny hróšik
- Hungarian
- Réti lednek
- Icelandic
- Fuglaertur
- Igbo
- Meadow vetchling
- Irish
- Peasairín buí
- Italian
- Cicerchia dei prati
- Japanese
- キバナノレンリソウ
- Latvian
- Pļavas dedestiņa, Virklīte
- Lithuanian
- Pievinis pelėžirnis
- Macedonian
- Ливадски граор
- myv
- Лугалангонь идем вика
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Gulflatbelg, Gulskolm
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Gulskolm
- os
- Хъæдургæрдæг
- Persian
- خلر زرد
- Polish
- Groszek żółty, Groszek łąkowy
- Romanian
- Linte
- Russian
- Чина луговая
- se
- Niitosáhpal
- Slovak
- Hrachor lúčny
- Slovenian
- Travniški grahor
- Swedish
- Gulvial, Grävlingshö, Ängsvial
- Ukrainian
- Чина лучна
- Welsh
- Ytbysen y ddôl
Synonyms
- Lathyrus cashmericus Royle ex Baker
- Lathyrus denudatus Gilib.
- Lathyrus lusseri Heer ex W.D.J.Koch
- Lathyrus pratensis f. pallidiflorus H.Lindb. ex Hiitonen
- Lathyrus pratensis f. sepium (Scop.) Bolzon
- Lathyrus pratensis subsp. hallersteinii Nyman
- Lathyrus pratensis subsp. lusseri (Heer ex W.D.J.Koch) Soják
- Lathyrus pratensis subsp. pratensis
- Lathyrus pratensis subsp. velutinus (DC.) Soják
- Lathyrus pratensis var. hirsutus Lej.
- Lathyrus pratensis var. montanus Lecoq & Lamotte
- Lathyrus pratensis var. subalpinus Rouy
- Lathyrus pratensis var. tomentosus Wahlb.
- Lathyrus pratensis var. velutinus DC.
- Lathyrus sepium Scop.
- Lathyrus velutinus (DC.) Landolt
- Orobus pratensis (L.) Stokes
- Pisum pratense (L.) E.H.L.Krause
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.