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Lathyrus aureus
About
Lathyrus aureus, the golden pea, is a species of flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae, native to Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Romania. In early summer this bushy herbaceous perennial produces many erect spikes of dusky yellow or orange flowers. Each spike is 1.5–2 cm (0.59–0.79 in) long.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Lathyrus aureus
- Slug
- lathyrus-aureus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lathyrus
- Species
- aureus
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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