Meadow Vetchling - Lathyrus pratensis

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Description

Clambering plant to 120 cm with winged stems. Leaves with tendrils, and one pair of leaflets, linear lanceolate to elliptical. Flowers yellow 10 to 16 mm, in long stalked racemes.

Identification difficulty
ID checklist (your specimen should have all of these features)

One pair of leaflets

Habitat

Rough grassland, roadside verges.

When to see it

May to August.

Life History

Perennial.

UK Status

Very common throughout Britain.

VC55 Status

Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 584 of the 617 tetrads.

  • HAPeacock
    Gilroes Spinney
    05 July 2012
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    27 June 2013
  • David Nicholls
    Rutland Water, Egleton NR
    05 June 2009
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    31 July 2007
  • HAPeacock
    Gilroes Cemetery Extension
    05 July 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Ashby Canal, Shackerstone
    15 September 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Bagworth Heath Woods
    16 May 2013

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species profile

Common names
Meadow Vetchling
Species group:
Wildflowers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
388
First record:
01/07/1998 (John Mousley)
Last record:
28/08/2024 (Nicholls, David)

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  • David Nicholls
    Cloud Wood
    24 June 2011
  • Barbara Cooper
    Clawson Hill
    08 July 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Martinshaw Wood
    30 June 2011
    bird foot trefoil (ST June 2109)
  • Ron.stevens
    Broughton Astley
    31 May 2011
  • Ron.stevens
    Broughton Astley
    31 May 2011
  • Graham Calow
    Broughton Astley
    24 June 2011
  • Alan Semper
    Harby canal
    27 August 2011
  • Barbara Cooper
    Holwell Nature Reserve
    20 June 2012
  • Barbara Cooper
    Holwell Nature Reserve
    20 June 2012
  • Alan Semper
    Harby, canal
    25 June 2012
  • HAPeacock
    Gilroes Cemetery Extension
    05 July 2012
  • HAPeacock
    Goss Meadows
    05 July 2012
  • Barbara Cooper
    Clawson Hill
    08 July 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Cloud Wood
    07 July 2012
  • Ruth Dring
    Broughton Astley
    27 August 2012