Lathyrus odoratus, L.
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37. L. odoratus L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 732 (1753).
More or less pubescent annual; stem 50-200 cm, winged. Leaflets 1 pair, 20-60 x 7-30 mm, ovate-oblong or elliptical, sometimes feebly parallelveined; stipules 15-25x 3-4 mm, lanceolate, semi-sagittate. Racemes 1 - to 3-flowered. Calyx-teeth subequal, longer than tube; corolla 20-35 mm, purple. Legume 50-70 x 10-12 mm, brown, pubescent. Seeds c. 8, smooth; hilum £ of the circumference. 2/2= 14. • S. Italy and Sicilia; widely cultivated for ornament and perhaps naturalized in some parts of C. & S. Europe. It Si [Au Ga Lu].
In cultivation the corolla may be white, pink, purple, violet or blue or some combination of these; some of these colour variants may occasionally occur as casuals.
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Lathyrus odoratus
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
| L. 1753: 732 |