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Marble Vetchling

Lathyrus marmoratus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Israel.January 14, February 23, March 14, April 1, May 0, June 0, July 0, August 0, September 0, October 0, November 0, December 0.
Israel52
Central District34
Haifa6
Southern District5
Tel Aviv5
Jerusalem District1
Northern District1
Turkey1
Mersin1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Crop wild relativeListed as a crop wild relative or crop gene source by a harvested source.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
Genussweet peas and vetchlings · Lathyrus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Marble Vetchling with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.