| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Lathyrus humilis (Ser.) Fisch. ex Spreng. trib. Vicieae |
| Bibliography | Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 263 (1826) |
| Native Range | e. Europe to Temp. Asia and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| 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 | perennial |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Lathyrus altaicus Ledeb. Lathyrus altaicus f. humilis (Ser.) Regel Lathyrus altaicus var. humilis (Ser.) Ledeb. Lathyrus dominianus Litv. Lathyrus koreanus Ohwi Lathyrus ovatus Royle Orobus humilis Ser. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KHA Khabarovsk, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |