Jerusalem vetchling

Lathyrus hierosolymitanus, Jerusalem vetchling,
Hebrew: טופח ירושלים, Arabic: جلبان


Scientific name:		Lathyrus hierosolymitanus Boiss.
Common name:		Jerusalem vetchling
Hebrew name:		טופח ירושלים
Arabic name:		جلبان
Family:		Papilionaceae, פרפרניים

_{Location: Napoleon Hill, Ramat Gan}


Life form:		Therophyte, annual
Stems:		15-30 cm high; erect or climbing by means of tendrils; tendrils 1-3 branched
Leaves:		Leaflets small, 3.5-9 x 0.2-0.7 cm; alternate, compound, pinnate, smooth
Inflorescence:		Cluster of 2-4 flowers; peduncle 2.5-3 cm long
Flowers:		Yellow, orange
Fruits / pods:		Legume; seeds rugulose-tuberculate
Flowering Period:		February, March, April
Habitat:		Batha, Phrygana
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon
Chorotype:		Mediterranean
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

_{Location: Napoleon Hill, Ramat Gan}
Derivation of the botanical name:

Lathyrus, Greek lathyros, an old name for pea.

hierosolymitanus, hierosolyma, Jerusalem.
The Hebrew name: טופח, tophakh, Lathyrus.

The standard author abbreviation Boiss. is used to indicate Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 – 1885), a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician.

_{Location: Bene Zion Nature Reserve}