genus lathyrus

1. Genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling;
   Wild pea (synset 112559108)
   is a type of: rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
   member holonym:

   • vetchling - any of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus; climb usually by means of tendrils
   • everlasting pea - any of several perennial vines of the genus Lathyrus
   • broad-leaved everlasting pea, lathyrus latifolius, perennial pea - perennial climber of central and southern Europe having purple or pink or white flowers; naturalized in North America
   • beach pea, lathyrus japonicus, lathyrus maritimus, sea pea - wild pea of seashores of north temperate zone having tough roots and purple flowers and useful as a sand binder
   • black pea, lathyrus niger - perennial of Europe and North Africa; foliage turns black in drying
   • grass vetch, grass vetchling, lathyrus nissolia - annual European vetch with red flowers
   • lathyrus odoratus, sweet pea, sweetpea - climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers
   • lathyrus palustris, marsh pea - scrambling perennial of damp or marshy areas of Eurasia and North America with purplish flowers
   • common vetchling, lathyrus pratensis, meadow pea, yellow vetchling - scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage
   • grass pea, indian pea, khesari, lathyrus sativus - European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere
   • lathyrus splendens, pride of california - shrubby California perennial having large pink or violet flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
   • flat pea, lathyrus sylvestris, narrow-leaved everlasting pea - European perennial with mottled flowers of purple and pink; sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure
   • lalthyrus tingitanus, tangier pea, tangier peavine - North African annual resembling the sweet pea having showy but odorless flowers
   • earth-nut pea, earthnut pea, heath pea, lathyrus tuberosus, tuberous vetch - European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey
   • lathyrus vernus, spring vetch, spring vetchling - bushy European perennial having nodding racemose violet-blue flowers
   belongs to: papilionoideae, subfamily papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
   same as: lathyrus

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