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Sierra Nevada pea

Habit Plants perennial.
Stems

erect, sprawling or climbing, 1–6 dm, ribbed or angled, basally branched 0–several times.

Leaves

2–10 cm;

leaflets 4–10, usually unpaired; ovate to lanceolate, 20–110 × 2–30 mm;

surfaces glabrous, rarely finely pubescent;

tendrils well developed or reduced to bristles;

stipules linear; much < leaflets, bases semi-sagittate.

Inflorescences

2–8-flowered, 4–15 cm.

Flowers

10–22 mm;

calyx lateral lobes deltoid; < tubes;

corollas pink-purple, blue-purple, or white;

banners > claws;

wings ? keels.

Lathyrus ochroleucus

Lathyrus nevadensis

Distribution
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Discussion

Western United States and Canada. 3 varieties; 2 varieties treated in Flora.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 691
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. lanszwertii, L. latifolius, L. littoralis, 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. nevadensis var. cusickii, L. nevadensis var. nevadensis
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