| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Lathyrus humilis (Ser.) Fisch. ex Spreng. trib. Vicieae |
| Synonyms | Orobus humilis Ser. |
| Lathyrus altaicus Ledeb. | |
| Lathyrus koreanus Ohwi | |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 500-2500m |
| Description | leaves paripinnate, leaflets 3-4-pairs, ovate or elliptic, 15-30mm, abaxially glabrous, flowers 2-4 in axillary raceme, corolla 15-20mm, pod linear, 4-5cm long |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | purplish red |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Europe
Eastern Europe (East European Russia , South European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Khabarovsk , Primorye , Sakhalin ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) Western Asia (Afghanistan ) China (Inner Mongolia , Manchuria , China North-Central , Xinjiang ) Mongolia Eastern Asia (Korea ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (India , Pakistan , West Himalaya) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | FABACEAE
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