Stats

Lifespan

Annual

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate shrubland

Range

Southern Europe

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Critically Endangered

About

This flowering vine grows wild across the rocky hillsides of Sicily and Italy. It uses sensitive, coiled tendrils to anchor itself to other plants while climbing.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Lathyrus

Species

Lathyrus odoratus