Taxon: Lathyrus vernus (L.) Bernh.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Lathyrus vernus subsp. flaccidus (no accessions)
• Lathyrus vernus subsp. vernus (no accessions)

Common names:

• spring-vetch   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• vårärt   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Iran [n.]; Turkey [n.]
  Caucasus: Armenia; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Altay, Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Norway; Sweden
  Middle Europe: Austria; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Italy; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Spain

• also cultivated

References:

• Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allkin, R. et al. 1986. Names and synonyms of species and subspecies in the Vicieae: issue 3. P. 7:36 in: Bisby, F. A. et al., Vicieae Database Project
• Bässler, M. 1973. Revision der eurasiatischen Arten von Lathyrus L. Sect. Orobus (L.) Gren. & Godr. Feddes Repert. 84:379.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Lathyrus vernus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Lathyrus vernus.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Lathyrus vernus.

Synonyms:

• (=) Lathyrus vernus f. roseus Beck
  
• Orobus vernus L. [≡ Lathyrus vernus subsp. vernus]
  
• Orobus vernus var. flaccidus Ser. [≡ Lathyrus vernus subsp. flaccidus]
  

Check other web resources for Lathyrus vernus (L.) Bernh.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images or nodulation data:

• GRIN nodulation data

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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