Editing Lathyrus pratensis (section)

{{Short description|Species of legume}}
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{{Speciesbox
|name = Meadow vetchling
|image = (MHNT) Lathyrus pratensis- Habit.jpg
|genus = Lathyrus
|species = pratensis
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
}}

'''''Lathyrus pratensis''''' or '''meadow vetchling''',<ref name=BSBI07>{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }}</ref> '''yellow pea''',<ref>{{cite book|last=Stokoe|first=W.J.|title=The Observer's Book of Wild Flowers|publisher=Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.|edition=1965|page=87}}</ref> '''meadow pea'''<ref>{{GRIN | accessdate=3 June 2015}}</ref> and meadow pea-vine, is a perennial [[legume]] that grows to 1.2 m in height.

The hermaphrodite [[flower]]s are [[Pollination|pollinated]] by [[bee]]s. As a [[Perennial plant|perennial]], this plant reproduces itself over many years, spreading out from the point it was introduced, especially in damp grassy areas. This plant has been propagated in the past as animal fodder.

''Lathyrus pratensis'' is also a host plant for ovipositioning of the wood white butterfly (''[[Leptidea sinapis]]'').<ref>Clarke, S. A.; Green, D. G.; Joy, J.; Wollen, K.; Butler, I. (2011-04-01). [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10841-010-9300-8 "Leptidea sinapis (Wood White butterfly) egg-laying habitat and adult dispersal studies in Herefordshire"]. ''Journal of Insect Conservation''. '''15''' (1-2): 23–35. [[Digital object identifier|doi]]:[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10841-010-9300-8 10.1007/s10841-010-9300-8]. [[International Standard Serial Number|ISSN]] [https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1366-638X 1366-638X].</ref>