Lathyrus angulatus |
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angle pea, angle pea vine |
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Habit | Herbs annual, glabrous. |
Stems | angled, erect, sprawling, or climbing, basally branched 1–several times, 1–5 dm. |
Leaves | 0.3–1 cm; tendrils reduced to bristles on proximal leaves, well developed distally; stipules lanceolate, 10–20 × 2–4 mm, as wide as leaflets; leaflets 2, blades linear, 20–70 × 1–4 mm, surfaces glabrous. |
Inflorescences | 1-flowered, 2–7 cm, prolonged beyond flower into tendril-like structure. |
Flowers | 8–10 mm; calyx lobes equal, lateral lobes deltate, shorter than tube; corolla blue-purple, banner erect, blade equal to claw, wings equal to keel; ovary glabrous. |
Legumes | 20–40 × 3–5 mm, with indistinct reticulate venation. |
2n | = 14. |
Lathyrus angulatus |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Jun. |
Habitat | Disturbed areas, waste ground. |
Elevation | 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA; Europe [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Australia]
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Source | FNA vol. 11. |
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lathyrus |
Sibling taxa | |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 731. (1753) |
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