Lens culinaris Calflora

Taxon Report 4662

Lens culinaris Medik.

Lentil

Lens culinaris, a dicot, is an annual herb that is not native to California; it was introduced from elsewhere and naturalized in the wild.


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Family:	FABACEAE
Genus:	Lens

Communities: escaped cultivar

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:

PLANTS:	Cicer lens
PLANTS:	Ervum lens
PLANTS:	Lens esculenta

More information about Lens culinaris


	Nursery / seed vendor availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Photos on Google Images	Jepson eFlora Records from the Consortium of California Herbaria ITIS Original Publication citation USDA PLANTS Profile (LECU2)	Search the International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) website references from Google
0000 0000 0107 2334:: 2007 Luigi Rignanese::

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2019. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: Jan 19, 2019).