Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-        Plate No. 115

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-COMMON_NAMES-Blue-flower'd Lathyrus, Chichling-vetch
Indian Pea, Riga Pea, Dogtooth Pea,Khesari
-GENUS-Lathyrus
-SPECIES-Lathyrus sativus
-CLASS-Diadelphia
-ORDER-Decandria
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus
-MODERN_GENUS-Lathyrus
-MODERN_SPECIES-Lathyrus sativus
-MODERN_FAMILY-Fabaceae al. Leguminosae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae.
-PLANT_TYPE-annual
-COLOR- blue or milk-white
-SEASON- "flowers in June and July"
-NATIVE_REGION- "A native of France, Spain and Italy."
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-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-4
-PUB_DATE-1790
-REISSUED-1795
-EDITOR-William Curtis
-ARTIST-J. Sowerby
-NALPCD-Disc 0644 IMG0109.PCD