Lathyrus cicera

Chickling Vetch

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Chickling Vetch

Lathyrus cicera L.

NOT protected by the law in Bulgaria.

Annual herbaceous plant. Stems four-edged, 20 to 40 cm high. Flowering May-June.^[1]

In dry grassy and stony places, near the bushes in the plains and foothills.^[2]

Distributed throughout the country, up to 800 m above sea level.^[3]

[1] Кожухаров, Ст. 1976. В: Флора на Народна Република България, том VI, Издателство на БАН, София.

[2] Кожухаров, Ст. 1976. Пос. източник.

[3] Кожухаров, Ст. 1976. Пос. източник.