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angle pea, angle pea vine

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

Phenology Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat Disturbed areas, waste ground.
Elevation 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.)
Distribution
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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
L. aphaca, L. biflorus, L. brachycalyx, L. brownii, L. cicera, L. decaphyllus, L. delnorticus, L. eucosmus, L. glandulosus, L. graminifolius, L. grimesii, L. hirsutus, L. hitchcockianus, L. holochlorus, L. japonicus, L. jepsonii, L. laetivirens, L. lanszwertii, L. latifolius, L. littoralis, L. nevadensis, L. nissolia, L. ochroleucus, L. odoratus, L. palustris, L. pauciflorus, L. polyphyllus, L. pratensis, L. pusillus, L. rigidus, L. sphaericus, L. splendens, L. sulphureus, L. sylvestris, L. tingitanus, L. torreyi, L. tracyi, L. tuberosus, L. venosus, L. vestitus
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 731. (1753)
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