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Lathyrus grandiflorus

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Sibthorp & Smith

Common Names

• Two-flowered Pea
• Everlasting Pea
• Large Flowered Everlasting Pea
• Wild Pea
• Two-flowered Everlasting Pea

Geographical Habitats

• Bulgaria
• Greece
• S. Italy
• Spain

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Summer

Fruiting Times

Hairy or glabrous herbaceous evergreen perennial tendril vine with racemes to 3 flowers of 35mm violet, pink & purple to red flowers, puberulous seed pod brown to 90mm, tetragonal winged stems

Has become naturalised, can be invasive

Forage

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• Norton 1996
• FONZ
• RHS A-Z
• Bodkin
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• ILDIS