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*Cicer arietinum Linnaeus. Common name: Chick Pea, Garbanzo. Phenology: Apr-Aug. Habitat: Disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of w. Asia. Described by Isely (1998) as "an occasional recurrent waif" in the United States.

Origin/Endemic status: Mediterranean Europe and Africa

Taxonomy Comments: Ssp. arietinum is the cultivated form. The likely wild ancestor is sometimes treated as ssp. reticulatum (Ladiz.) Moreno & Cubero ex Del Guacchio & P.Caputo; it is not known aside of the native range of the species in w. Asia.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, F, FNA11.2, K4, NE, NS, NY, SE3, Isely (1998); = n/a — C, Tat; > Cicer arietinum ssp. arietinum — POWO. Basionym: Cicer arietinum L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Cicer arietinum - FNA11.2

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