Lathyrus tingitanus

Taxobox
name = "Lathyrus tingitanus"

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image_width = 210px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
subfamilia = Faboideae
genus = "Lathyrus"
species = "L. tingitanus"
binomial = "Lathyrus tingitanus"
binomial_authority = L.

"Lathyrus tingitanus" is a species of wild pea known by the common name Tangier pea. It is native to southern Europe and North Africa, and it is present in other regions of the world as an introduced species, including the Pacific Northwest of the United States. This is an annual herb producing a winged stem which climbs by means of coiled tendrils. The leaves are each made up of two leaflike linear leaflets a few centimeters long. The inflorescence has two or three pea flowers in varying shades of red, each up to 3 centimeters wide. The fruit is a hairless dehiscent legume pod.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3691,3922,3950 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LATI USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?21620 GRIN Species Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Lathyrus+tingitanus Photo gallery]