Lathyrus lanszwertii |
Lathyrus sulphureus |
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Lanszwert's pea, Nevada pea, thick-leaved pea |
Brewer's sweet pea, snub pea, sulfur pea |
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Habit | Plants perennial. | Plants perennial. |
Stems | sprawling or climbing, 2–8 dm, angled to narrowly winged, basally branched 0–4 times. |
climbing, 5–15 dm, ribbed or angled, branched 0–3 times at the base. |
Leaves | 5–8 cm; leaflets 4–10, unpaired, lanceolate, rarely linear, 30–70 × 5–20 mm, glabrous to sparsely pubescent; tendrils well developed or not; stipules linear to lanceolate; much < leaflets, bases semi-sagittate. |
9–12 cm; leaflets 8–12, unpaired; ovate to lanceolate, 25–50 × 10–20 mm; surfaces glabrous; tendrils well developed; stipules lanceolate, sometimes as large as terminal leaflets, bases semi-sagittate. |
Inflorescences | 2–6-flowered, 3–10 cm. |
9–15-flowered, 6–10 cm. |
Flowers | 7–15 mm; calyx lateral lobes deltoid; < tubes; corollas blue-purple to white; banners ? claws in length; wings ? keels in length. |
11–13 mm; corollas yellow, tan, or orangetinged; wings ? keels. |
Lathyrus lanszwertii |
Lathyrus sulphureus |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Western United States. 5 varieties; 2 varieties treated in Flora. |
Mixed oak-pine woodlands. Flowering Apr–Jun. 0–700 m. Est, Sisk. CA. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 690 Steven Broich |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 693 Steven Broich |
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Synonyms | Lathyrus nevadensis ssp. stipulaceus, Lathyrus sulphureus var. sulphureus | |
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