Lathyrus hirsutus

Lathyrus hirsutus
Hairy Vetchling, Caley Pea
Gesse hirsute

Legume native to Europe

In southern US grown for forage, erosion control and soil improvement

Lathyrus sativus is known to be toxic; the seeds were used to make bread in a WWII concentration camp in the Ukraine (Vaponiarca) which eventually caused paralysis and death of the inmates – L. hirsutus is not toxic

In Situ, Lacoste, 5.22.13

Form

Christiaan Sepp illustration, 1823, published in Flora Batava