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Pacific pea

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

Habit Plants perennial. Plants perennial.
Stems

sprawling, climbing, 2–20 dm, angled to narrowly winged, basally branched 0–4 times.

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

Leaves

4–14 cm;

leaflets 6–12, unpaired; ovate to linear, 12–40 × 5–25 mm;

surfaces sparsely to densely pubescent, sometimes glabrous abaxially;

tendrils well developed;

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

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

5–20-flowered, 5–25 cm.

2–6-flowered, 3–10 cm.

Flowers

12–18 mm;

calyx lateral lobes lanceolate; ? tubes;

corollas blue-purple to white;

wings ? keels.

7–15 mm;

calyx lateral lobes deltoid; < tubes;

corollas blue-purple to white;

banners ? claws in length;

wings ? keels in length.

Lathyrus vestitus

Lathyrus lanszwertii

Distribution
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Discussion

Pacific states and northwestern Mexico. 3 varieties; 2 varieties treated in Flora.

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

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 694
Steven Broich
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. 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. vestitus var. ochropetalus, L. vestitus var. vestitus
L. lanszwertii var. aridus, L. lanszwertii var. lanszwertii
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