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Scientific name:

Lathyrus grandiflorus

Vernacular name:

Everlasting-pea, Two-flowered, Pea, Two-flowered Everlasting-


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Two-flowered Everlasting-pea

Scientific name: Lathyrus grandiflorus Sm.

Diagnostic features
Climbing perennial to 2m.
Stems not winged.
Leaflets 1 pair, obovate.
Tendrils branched.
Flowers 1-3(4), 25-35mm, pinkish-purple.

Chromosome number: (2n=14).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized; persistent garden escape in hedges, waste ground near old gardens.

Distribution
Scattered in Britain North to Central Scotland, Alderney; Central Mediterranean.

This species is keyed out on Page 2880 in theText Key.

Lathyrus grandiflorus
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