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Lanszwert's pea, Nevada pea, thick-leaved pea

Habit Plants perennial.
Stems

sprawling or climbing, 2–8 dm, angled to narrowly winged, basally branched 0–4 times.

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.

Inflorescences

2–6-flowered, 3–10 cm.

Flowers

7–15 mm;

calyx lateral lobes deltoid; < tubes;

corollas blue-purple to white;

banners ? claws in length;

wings ? keels in length.

Lathyrus ochroleucus

Lathyrus lanszwertii

Distribution
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Discussion

Western United States. 5 varieties; 2 varieties treated in Flora.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 690
Steven Broich
Sibling taxa
L. angulatus, L. aphaca, L. brownii, L. delnorticus, L. hirsutus, L. holochlorus, L. japonicus, L. lanszwertii, L. latifolius, L. littoralis, L. nevadensis, L. nissolia, L. odoratus, L. palustris, L. pauciflorus, L. polyphyllus, L. rigidus, L. sativus, L. sphaericus, L. sulphureus, L. sylvestris, L. tingitanus, L. torreyi, L. tracyi, L. vernus, L. vestitus
L. angulatus, L. aphaca, L. brownii, L. delnorticus, L. hirsutus, L. holochlorus, L. japonicus, L. latifolius, L. littoralis, L. nevadensis, L. nissolia, L. odoratus, L. palustris, L. pauciflorus, L. polyphyllus, L. rigidus, L. sativus, L. sphaericus, L. sulphureus, L. sylvestris, L. tingitanus, L. torreyi, L. tracyi, L. vernus, L. vestitus
Subordinate taxa
L. lanszwertii var. aridus, L. lanszwertii var. lanszwertii
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