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Lathyrus nissolia L., 1753

Common names

  • 🇬🇧 Grass Vetchling
  • 🇫🇷 Gesse de Nissole, Gesse graminée, Gesse sans vrilles

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 nissolia

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

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

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

  • L. nissolia subsp. amanus Rech.f., 1960;
  • L. nissolia subsp. nissolia L., 1753, P.

Named after Guillaume Nissole (1647-1734?), a French physician and botanist.

Photographs

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Lathyrus nissolia
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Lathyrus nissolia
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Lathyrus nissolia
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Lathyrus nissolia - Leaves
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Lathyrus nissolia - Immature pod

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