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Scientific name:

Lathyrus linifolius

Vernacular name:

Vetch, Bitter-


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Bitter-vetch

Scientific name: Lathyrus linifolius (Reichard) Bässler

Diagnostic features
Erect perennial to 40cm.
Stems winged.
Leaflets 2-4 pairs, linear to elliptic.
Tendrils absent.
Flowers 2-6, 10-16mm, reddish-purple turning blue.

Chromosome number: 2n=14.

Habitat
Native; wood-borders, hedgerows, scrub.

Distribution
Throughout Britain and Ireland but absent from much of Centraleast England and Central Ireland.

This species is keyed out on Page 2877 in the Text Key.

Note
Our plant is Lathyrus linifolius var. montanus (Bernh.) Baessler.

Lathyrus linifolius (Vetch, Bitter-)
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