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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Lathyrus |
| Species: | L. vernus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lathyrus vernus | |
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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.[2]
This species,[3] and the cultivar 'Alboroseus',[4] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
- ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 17 July 2016
- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Lathyrus vernus". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Lathyrus latifolius 'Alboroseus'". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 30 September 2020.