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Lathyrus latifolius L., 1753

Common names

  • 🇬🇧 Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea
  • 🇫🇷 Gesse à feuilles larges, Gesse à larges feuilles, Pois vivace

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Eudicots
  • Clade: Superrosids
  • Clade: Rosids
  • Clade: Fabids
  • Order: Fabales
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Subfamily: Faboideae
  • Genus: Lathyrus
  • Species: Lathyrus latifolius

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
  • Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with L. sylvestris L., 1753, whose leaves are made of a pair of long lanceolate leaflets, while those of L. latifolius are made of a pair of short elliptical or ovate leaflets.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

  • L. latifolius subsp. algericus (Ginzb.) Dobignard, 2012;
  • L. latifolius subsp. latifolius L., 1753, P.

Photographs

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Lathyrus latifolius
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Lathyrus latifolius
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Lathyrus latifolius
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Lathyrus latifolius - Leaf

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