Lathyrus pseudocicera Pamp., it is a small annual herb up to 25 cm long, ascending or spreading, hispid-pubescent, with narrowly 2-winged stem. Stipules semi sagittate, upper purloin mostly longer than petiole, lanceolate-ovate, ciliate, petiole of lower leaves terminating in a cusp those of upper leaves in a tendril which is often simple. Leaflets 1-paired, shorter than 3 cm. c. 1 cm broad, lanceolate to lanceolate-elliptic, mucronulate, ciliate at margins, parallel-veined. Peduncles much longer than stipules, 1-flowered, bracts minute, pedicels shorter than calyx. Flowers 15-22 mm long, gingery-orange or brownish-orange. Calyx 7-8 mm with teeth twice as long as tube. Corolla 2-3 times as long as the calyx wings narrowly obovate-oblong. Pods 20-40 x 5-9 mm. similar to Lathyrus cicera L., but valves marked with a prominent midrib. 2-5-seeded. Seeds 3-5 mm, angular-sub globular, smooth, pale brown.
Flowering in: Feb-Apr.
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