Lathyrus grandiflorus Sm.

Everlasting-pea (en), Gesse à feuilles larges (fr), Gesse à larges feuilles (fr), Pois vivace (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Lathyrus

Characteristics

Scrambling perennial; stems densely hairy, sharply angled, but not winged. Lvs finely hairy; tendrils branched in upper lvs, often reduced and simple in lower lvs; leaflets in 1-(3) pairs, elliptic to obovate, acute to obtuse, (15)-25-40 mm long; veins only weakly parallel; stipules narrowly triangular, sagittate or often with only 1 basal lobe, narrower than stem, 3-8 mm long. Infl. much > lvs, 1-4-flowered; pedicels 6-8 mm long. Calyx ± glabrous or hairy, slightly gibbous at base; calyx teeth ± equal, triangular, < tube. Corolla 25-35 mm long, with violet standard, purple to crimson wings and pink keel. Pod glabrous, brown, 15-20-seeded, 60-90 mm long; seeds smooth; hilum ⅙ of circumference.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

Uses environmental use gene source
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions, seedlings or suckers. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode divisions seedlings suckers
Germination duration (days) 20 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Lathyrus grandiflorus unspecified picture

Distribution

Lathyrus grandiflorus world distribution map, present in Albania, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Italy, New Zealand, and United States of America

Conservation status

Lathyrus grandiflorus threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:501740-1
WFO ID wfo-0000213808
COL ID 6P349
BDTFX ID 37897
INPN ID 105196
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lathyrus odorus Lathyrus grandiflorus Lathyrus brutius