Common name:
Broad-leaved everlasting-pea
Family:
Scientific name:
Lathyrus latifolius
Main flower color:
Range:
Scattered locations across the UK; an introduced species
Height:
Up to 3 m
Habitat:
Waste ground, rocky places, hedgebanks, roadsides
Flowers:
Elongated clusters of up to ten heads, along the upper 20 cm of the hairless, strongly winged stem. Flowers are pendent in bud, spreading when open. Petals are dark to pale pink, with a wide, veined banner petal. Calyx teeth are longer than the calyx tube
Fruit:
Long pods, slightly constricted between the seeds
Leaves:
Hairless, paired, ovate leaflets up to 15 cm long and 4 cm wide, with prominent net veins. Stipules and branched tendrils at the base
Season:
May to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
