Lathyrus libani

Description

Lathyrus libani, the Lebanon vetchling, is a perennial herb in the family Fabaceae, belonging to the genus Lathyrus L., a large assemblage of climbing and scrambling legumes commonly known as vetchlings and peavines. It was first described by the Austrian botanist Karl Fritsch in 1895, and takes its specific epithet from Lebanon, within whose mountain ranges the species was first documented. The species is native to the mountains of southern Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon, where it inhabits montane woodlands and cedar forests between approximately 1,200 and 1,800 meters above sea level.