| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Lathyrus formosus (Steven) Kenicer trib. Vicieae |
| Bibliography | Lathyrus Guide: 419 (2021) |
| Native Range | Caucasus to Turkey and Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | scree |
| Altitude | 2100-3500m |
| Description | underground shoots, stems short, leaves with two, broadly obovate-cuneate grey, glabrous leaflets, flowers solitary, 2cm long, in axills of lower leaves |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | crimson |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Lathyrus frigidus Schott & Kotschy Orobus formosus Steven Orobus formosus var. microphyllus Ser. Pisum aucheri Jaub. & Spach Pisum formosum (Steven) Alef. Pisum formosum var. pubescens C.C.Towns. Pisum frigidum (Schott & Kotschy) Alef. Vavilovia aucheri (Jaub. & Spach) Fed. Vavilovia formosa (Steven) Fed. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |