page_title: Lathyrus
section_title: Diversity
hierarchical_section_title: Lathyrus / Diversity
caption_attribution_description: English: Lathyrus davidii
context_page_description: Lathyrus is a genus in the legume family Fabaceae and contains approximately 160 species. They are native to temperate areas, with a breakdown of 52 species in Europe, 30 species in North America, 78 in Asia, 24 in tropical East Africa, and 24 in temperate South America. There are annual and perennial species which may be climbing or bushy. This genus has numerous sections, including Orobus, which was once a separate genus.
context_section_description: Species include:
  Lathyrus alpestris
  Lathyrus angulatus – angled pea
  Lathyrus annuus – red fodder pea
  Lathyrus aphaca – yellow pea
  Lathyrus aureus – golden pea
  Lathyrus basalticus
  Lathyrus bauhinii
  Lathyrus belinensis
  Lathyrus biflorus – twoflower pea
  Lathyrus bijugatus – drypark pea
  Lathyrus blepharicarpus – ciliate vetchling
  Lathyrus boissieri
  Lathyrus brachycalyx – Bonneville pea
  Lathyrus cassius
  Lathyrus chloranthus
  Lathyrus cicera – red pea
  Lathyrus ciliolatus
  Lathyrus cirrhosus
  Lathyrus clymenum – Spanish vetchling
  Lathyrus crassipes – arvejilla
  Lathyrus cyaneus
  Lathyrus davidii
  Lathyrus decaphyllus – prairie vetchling
  Lathyrus delnorticus – Del Norte pea
  Lathyrus digitatus
  Lathyrus eucosmus – semmly vetchling, bush vetchling
  Lathyrus filiformis
  Lathyrus gloeospermus
  Lathyrus gorgoni
  Lathyrus graminifolius – grassleaf pea
  Lathyrus grandiflorus – twoflower everlasting pea
  Lathyrus grimesii – Grimes' pea
  Lathyrus heterophyllus – Norfolk everlasting pea
  Lathyrus hirsutus – hairy vetchling
  Lathyrus hitchcockianus – Bullfrog Mountain pea
  Lathyrus holochlorus – thinleaf pea
  Lathyrus hygrophilus
  Lathyrus inconspicuus
  Lathyrus incurvus
  Lathyrus japonicus – sea pea, beach pea
  Lathyrus jepsonii – delta tule pea
  Lathyrus laetivirens – aspen pea
  Lathyrus laevigatus
  Lathyrus lanszwertii – Nevada pea
  Lathyrus latifolius – everlasting pea, perennial pea
  Lathyrus laxiflorus
  Lathyrus libani – Lebanon vetchling
  Lathyrus linifolius – bitter vetch, heath pea
  Lathyrus littoralis – silky beach pea
  Lathyrus macropus
  Lathyrus magellanicus
  Lathyrus nervosus – Lord Anson's blue pea
  Lathyrus nevadensis – Sierra pea
  Lathyrus niger – black pea
  Lathyrus nissolia – grass vetchling
  Lathyrus nudicaulis
  Lathyrus ochroleucus – cream pea
  Lathyrus ochrus – Cyprus-vetch
  Lathyrus odoratus – sweet pea
  Lathyrus palustris – marsh pea
  Lathyrus pannonicus
  Lathyrus pauciflorus – fewflower pea
  Lathyrus polyphyllus – leafy pea
  Lathyrus pratensis – meadow vetchling
  Lathyrus pseudocicera
  Lathyrus pubescens
  Lathyrus pusillus – tiny pea, singletary vetchling
  Lathyrus quinquenervius
  Lathyrus rigidus – stiff pea
  Lathyrus roseus
  Lathyrus sativus – Indian pea, white pea, chickling vetch
  Lathyrus sphaericus – grass pea
  Lathyrus splendens – pride of California
  Lathyrus sulphureus – snub pea
  Lathyrus sylvestris – flat pea
  Lathyrus szowitsii
  Lathyrus tingitanus – Tangier pea
  Lathyrus torreyi – Torrey's peavine
  Lathyrus tuberosus – tuberous pea
  Lathyrus undulatus – wavy pea
  Lathyrus vaniotii – Korean mountain vetchling
  Lathyrus venetus
  Lathyrus venosus – veiny pea, bushy vetchling
  Lathyrus vernus – spring pea
  Lathyrus vestitus – Pacific pea
  Lathyrus vinealis
  Lathyrus whitei
caption: Lathyrus davidii
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