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Scientific name:

Lathyrus pratensis

Vernacular name:

Vetchling, Meadow


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Meadow Vetchling

Scientific name: Lathyrus pratensis L.

Diagnostic features
Climbing perennial to 1.2m.
Stems not winged.
Leaflets 1 pair, linear-lanceolate to elliptic.
Tendrils simple or branched.
Flowers (2)5-12,10-18mm, yellow.

Chromosome number: 2n=14, 28.

Habitat
Native; grassy places and rough ground.

Distribution
Common throughout British Isles.

This species is keyed out on Page 2879 in the Text Key.

Lathyrus pratensis (Vetchling, Meadow)
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