Fabaceae
Flat pea
Lathyrus sylvestris
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lathyrus
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Common names
By language (26)
- Armenian
- Տափոլոռ անտառային
- arz
- لاثيروس سيلفستريس
- Belarusian
- Чына лясная, Жураўліны гарох
- Bulgarian
- Горско секирче
- Chinese
- 林生山黧豆
- Czech
- Hrachor lesní
- Danish
- Skov-Fladbælg
- Dutch
- Boslathyrus
- English
- Flat pea, Narrow-leaved everlasting pea
- Estonian
- Mets-seahernes
- Finnish
- Metsänätkelmä
- French
- Gesse des bois, Gesse sauvage
- German
- Wilde Platterbse, Wald-Platterbse, Waldplatterbse
- hsb
- Lěsny hróšik
- Icelandic
- Skógarertur
- Latvian
- Meža dedestiņa
- Lithuanian
- Miškinis pelėžirnis
- myv
- Вирень идем вика
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Skogflatbelg
- Polish
- Groszek leśny
- Russian
- Чина лесная, Лесной горох, Петров крест, Чина плосколистная
- Slovak
- Hrachor lesný
- Slovenian
- Gozdni grahor
- Swedish
- Backvial, Skogsvial
- Ukrainian
- Чина лісова
- Welsh
- Ytbysen fythol gulddail
Synonyms
- Lathyrus angustifolius Medik.
- Lathyrus heterophyllus Lapeyr.
- Lathyrus intermedius Wallr.
- Lathyrus noeanus Alef.
- Lathyrus platyphyllos Retz.
- Lathyrus platyphyllos (Retz.) W.D.J.Koch
- Lathyrus pyrenaicus Jord.
- Lathyrus silvestris L.
- Lathyrus sylvestris f. pyrenaicus (Jord.) Rouy
- Lathyrus sylvestris prol. pyrenaicus (Jord.) Rouy
- Lathyrus sylvestris subsp. angustifolius (Medik.) Rothm.
- Lathyrus sylvestris subsp. angustissimus Holub
- Lathyrus sylvestris subsp. platyphyllos (Retz.) Nyman
- Lathyrus sylvestris subsp. pyrenaicus (Jord.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
- Lathyrus sylvestris var. angustifolius (Medik.) Schkuhr
- Lathyrus sylvestris var. ensifolius Ser.
- Lathyrus sylvestris var. intermedius Kožuharov
- Lathyrus sylvestris var. intermedius Lamotte
- Lathyrus sylvestris var. oblongus Ser.
- Lathyrus variegatus Gilib.
- Pisum silvestre (L.) E.H.L.Krause
Flowers
- In flower
- June to September (from 5,029 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Benoit Renaud, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Hanna U., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dave, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jeffdelonge at French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.