*Lathyrus sylvestris Linnaeus. Common name: Perennial Pea. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Cultivated, and occasionally persisting, and more rarely naturalizing. Distribution: Native of Europe. Reported as naturalizing in se. TN along a roadcut (Hart, Shaw, & Estes 2012).
Origin/Endemic status: Europe
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, FNA11.2, G, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, SE3, WV, Isely (1998); = n/a — RAB, Tat. Basionym: Lathyrus sylvestris L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Lathyrus sylvestris - FNA11.2
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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