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PRE — Plant Risk Evaluator

Lathyrus latifolius

by Ron Vanderhoff
Common Name(s)
Perennial sweet pea

Is this plant a cultivar?  No

Life History:  Perennial

Growth Form:  forb

North Africa, eastern and southeastern Europe

This plant is a "rhizomatous herbaceous long-lived perennial with trailing or climbing stems that produces attractive rose to white pea-like flowers over a long summer bloom" (Missouri Botanical Garden)

This plant has been cultivated in North America for centuries for ground cover that is sprawling or twining over architecture.

External Resources
GBIF Species Page
USDA Plants Database page
Tropicos Species Page
US National Germplasm Database
Callfora: Lathyrus latifolius
Missouri Botanical Garden
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by Ron Vanderhoff
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