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Scientific name:

Lathyrus hirsutus

Vernacular name:

Vetchling, Hairy


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Hairy Vetchling

Scientific name: Lathyrus hirsutus L.

Diagnostic features
Scrambling or climbing annual to 1m.
Stems winged.
Leaflets 1 pair, linear to narrowly elliptic-oblong.
Tendrils branched.
Flowers 1-3, 8-15mm, purple with bluish wings.

Chromosome number: 2n=14.

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized.

Distribution
Grassy and rough ground and waste places, very scattered in England and South Scotland as casual,naturalized in Essex; Europe.

This species is keyed out on Page 2886 in the Text Key.

Lathyrus hirsutus (Vetchling, Hairy)
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