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Asparagus-pea or winged pea
Lotus tetragonolobus
About
Lotus tetragonolobus, known as asparagus-pea or winged pea, is an annual leguminous herb native to the countries around the Mediterranean, although introduced elsewhere. It is low growing, and produces a profusion of prominent deep red flowers, followed by seed pods that are longitudinally winged.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Lotus tetragonolobus
- Slug
- lotus-tetragonolobus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lotus
- Species
- tetragonolobus
- Wikidata QID
- Q160889
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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