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Lathyrus tingitanus

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Tangier Pea
• Tangier Scarlet Pea

Geographical Habitats

• Azores
• Algeria
• Canary Islands
• Portugal
• Sardinia
• Spain
• Morocco

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Summer

Fruiting Times

Annual or perennial glabrous herbaceous tendril vine with 2-flowered iflorescences of 35mm magenta-pink, crimson or white flowers, purple standrad, keel & wings bright red, retuculated tomentose seed pod light-brown to 110mm, winged stems, mucronulate leaflets

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Huxley 1992
• Norton 1996
• FONZ
• FOH
• RHS A-Z
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• ILDIS