PEA FAMILY
Lathyrus setifolius(Mürdümük)
(Platterbse)
Leguminosae (Fabaceae)
Annual herbs. Stem scrambling, glabrous, up to 80 cm. leaves alternate, upper leaves tendrillous; leaflets 1 - paired, narrowly linear, up to 75 mm. Flowers solitary. Sepal 4-5 mm. Petals free, brick-red, up to 10 mm. Legume oblong, up to 27 x 10 mm, usually puberulent when young, but glabrescent when mature except on the stures. Seed 2-3, papillose. Fl. March-April. Rocky slopes, deciduous Quercus forest, macchie, phrygana.
Türkiye, S. Europe, Crimea, N. Africa, W Syria, Transcaucasia.
