Tangier pea
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Tangier pea ( Lathyrus tingitanus ) |
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The Tangier flat pea ( Lathyrus tingitanus ) is a species of the flat peas ( Lathyrus ) in the legume family (Fabaceae). The specific epithet tingitanus refers to the Moroccan city of Tangier .
features
The Tangier flat pea is an annual climbing plant that reaches heights of 60 to 120 centimeters. The stem is glabrous and broadly winged. The leaflets of the single pair of leaves are ovate to lanceolate.
The racemose inflorescence is usually one to three-flowered. The very large two to three centimeters crown is bright purple. The calyx teeth are about the same length or slightly shorter than the tube. The pod is bare.
The flowering period extends from April to June.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 14.
Occurrence
The distribution area includes the western Mediterranean , as well as Portugal and the Canary Islands . Walls and bushes are preferred as locations.
swell
- Ingrid and Peter Schönfelder : Kosmos Atlas Mediterranean and Canary Islands flora , Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-440-09361-1
- Hohenester / Welss: Excursion flora for the Canary Islands , Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-8001-3466-7
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helmut Genaust: Etymological dictionary of botanical plant names. 3rd, completely revised and expanded edition. Birkhäuser, Basel / Boston / Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-7643-2390-6 (reprint ISBN 3-937872-16-7 ).
- ^ Lathyrus tingitanus at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
