Fabaceae
Tangier pea
Lathyrus tingitanus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lathyrus
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- جلبان طنجي
- arz
- جلبان طنجى
- Chinese
- 地中海香豌豆
- Czech
- Hrachor tangerský
- English
- Tangier pea
- German
- Tanger-Platterbse
- Latvian
- Spānijas dedestiņa
- Swedish
- Spanskvial
Synonyms
- Clymenum tingitanum (L.) Medik.
- Lathyrus aegyptiacus Hasselq.
- Lathyrus coruscans Emb. & Maire
- Lathyrus mexicanus Wender.
- Lathyrus napoleonis Voss
- Lathyrus pulcher Salisb.
- Lathyrus tingitanus f. granatensis Lacaita
- Lathyrus tingitanus var. coruscans (Emb. & Maire) Maire
- Navidura tingitana Alef.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Chlarles E. Jones, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Law, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Schoch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kolforn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kolforn, 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.