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Lathyrus vernus
Also called Spring pea, Spring vetchling
Spring-vetch is a low, clump-forming perennial pea native to European and Siberian woodlands, grown for its early purple flowers that fade to blue. It does best in cool, partly shaded spots with moist, well-drained soil.
Lathyrus vernus, the spring vetchling, spring pea, or spring vetch, is a species of flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Lathyrus, native to forests of Europe and Siberia. It forms a dense clump of pointed leaves with purple flowers in spring, shading to a greenish-blue with age.
This species, and the cultivar 'Alboroseus', have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Lathyrus vernus is native to Europe and parts of northern Asia. Its typical habitat is broad-leaved woodland, forest margins, plantations and clearings.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
