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Lathyrus palustris
About
Lathyrus palustris is a species of wild pea known by the common name marsh pea. It is native to Europe, Asia, and North America. It is a perennial herb with leaves made up of oval-shaped or oblong leaflets a few centimeters long. It has branched, coiled tendrils. The plant bears an inflorescence of two to eight pinkish purple pea flowers each up to two centimeters wide. The fruit is a dehiscent legume pod.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Lathyrus palustris
- Slug
- lathyrus-palustris
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lathyrus
- Species
- palustris
- Wikidata QID
- Q159365
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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