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Lathyrus nervosus

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Lamarck

Common Names

• Lord Anson's Blue Pea

Geographical Habitats

• Argentina
• Paraná
• Rio Grande do Sul
• Santa Catarina - Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Uruguay

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• forest edge

Flowering Times

• Oct Summer

Fruiting Times

Herbaceous glabrous perennial rhizomatous climber with trifid tendrils, racemes of 28mm indigo flowers, glabrous seed pod black to 70mm long x 5mm, striated stems

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• Norton 1996
• RHS A-Z
• FB
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2