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Lathyrus nissolia
Also called Grass pea
Lathyrus nissolia, the grass vetchling, is a species of flowering plant in the pea and bean family Fabaceae. Its common name refers to the grass-like foliage; an older alternative name is grass pea.
It is native to most of Europe, Maghreb, Levant and the Caucasus. In the United Kingdom, where it is currently spreading, it is widespread in southern and central England and Wales, but scarcer in northern England, and localised in Scotland where it is restricted to the Central Belt. In 2012 it had not been recorded from Ireland, but had become established there as a neophyte by 2020.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lathyrus nissolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
