Image to followAI-generated illustrationLathyrus oleraceus
Lathyrus oleraceus
FamilyGenus: Erbsennative in Germany
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Interactions
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Host relationships
Species
About this species
An introduced climbing annual in the pea family, producing small racemes of flowers from May to November and elongated seed pods.
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PollinationLarval hostFlower visit
Ecological significance
Established as an introduction in Great Britain, though no specific ecological interactions or impacts are documented.
Annual cycle
An annual climber, it completes its life cycle within one growing seasongerminating in spring, climbing through the summer, flowering from May to November, and setting seed in elongated pods before dying back.
Standort & Merkmale
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Flowering period
Mai – Nov
Bioregion
Continental
Scientific profile
Lathyrus oleraceus is a climbing, glabrous, glaucous herb reaching 0.5–2 m in height. The hollow stems bear compound leaves with one to three pairs of suborbicular or oblong leaflets, each 2–6 cm long and 1–3 cm wide, and a branched tendril. Stipules are large, elliptical to ovate, 4–10 cm long and 2–4.5 cm wide, often toothed. Flowering occurs from May to November; each short raceme holds one to three flowers, usually shorter than the subtending leaf. The fruit is a legume 3–12 cm long and 1–2.5 cm wide, containing seven to twelve seeds. The species forms arbuscular mycorrhizal associations. In Great Britain it is an introduced, established plant.
Pollinators & visitors
9 Arten interagieren mit dieser Pflanze
Bombus jonellusElkalyce argiadesAnthidium manicatumHelicoverpa armigeraPieris rapaeXylocopa violaceaPolyommatus fulgensPolyommatus humedasaeHesperia comma
Host relationships
3 species use this plant as a host
Sources & data origin
•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Middleton-Welling_2020
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•Govaerts R et al. (2025) — World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) v14. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. DOI: 10.34885/xs7h-ze42 (CC BY 4.0)
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