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4th July 2006, Rochdale Canal, Mills Hill, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
A climber growing to 2m. Few flowers on each stem. (Fruits of Wood Avens bottom right). |
29th June 2006, Stratford on Avon Canal, Boat Trip. | Photo: © RWD |
Flowers in adjacent pairs. Up to only four on a stem. |
4th July 2006, Rochdale Canal, Mills Hill, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
Flowers at 25-35mm across larger than those of Broad-Leaved Everlasting-Pea |
4th July 2006, Rochdale Canal, Mills Hill, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
Leaves shorter than those of Broad-Leaved Everlasting-Pea and oval. |
29th June 2006, Stratford on Avon Canal, Boat Trip. | Photo: © RWD |
Flowers usually bright pink-purple with two smaller and darker red wings. |
29th June 2006, Stratford on Avon Canal, Boat Trip. | Photo: © RWD |
Leaves a paler green, matte with very short hairs, and in opposite pairs with slightly wrinkly edges. Leaves much paler underneath. Felty hairy stems lack wings, but have two ridges. |
29th June 2006, Stratford on Avon Canal, Boat Trip. | Photo: © RWD |
Leaves have net veins. |
29th June 2006, Stratford on Avon Canal, Boat Trip. | Photo: © RWD |
Tendrils are branched. |
Not to be semantically confused with : Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) or Mountain Everlasting (Antennaria dioica) [plants with similar names belonging to differing families] Some resemblance to : Broad-Leaved Everlasting-Pea (Lathyrus latifolus) but that has slightly smaller flowers, more of them on a stem and longer leaves that are not rounded but taper to a point. Some similarities to : Narrow-Leaved Everlasting-Pea (Lathyrus sylvestris) but that has much longer leaves that are not oval like these, and it also has much smaller flowers which are a duller purple colour. But crucially, Two-flowered Everlasting-Pea has larger flowers that are in pairs, and never more than four on a stem and lacks wings on its stem (although it does have two small diametrically opposite ridges).
No relation to : Another naturalised and persistent garden escapee now found near old gardens and in hedges and waste ground.
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