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Persian Everlasting-pea

Lathyrus rotundifolius

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 Ukraine.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 66, May 118, June 18, July 1, August 10, September 0, October 0, November 1, December 0.
Ukraine214
Russia157
Autonomous Republic of Crimea144
Bashkortostan112
Sevastopol70
Dagestan14
Turkey10
Chelyabinsk Oblast5
Stavropol Krai5
Karachay-Cherkessia5

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 Persian Everlasting-pea with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.