Fabaceae
Black pea
Thermopsis barbata
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Thermopsis
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- أركوض ملتحي
- bo
- གླ་བ་སྲད་མ་ནག་པོ
- Chinese
- 紫花野决明, 紫花野决明*(紫花黄华), 紫花黄华, 高山黄华根
- English
- Black pea
Synonyms
- Anagyris barbata Graham
- Thermopsis atrata Czefr.
- Thermopsis barbata f. chrysantha P.C.Li
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 37 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos

FlowerPhoto: John Kenrick Gibson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John Kenrick Gibson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Woudloper, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 王天明, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 王天明, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: desertnaturalist, 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). About our plant data.