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Bonneville pea, Bonneville peavine, Bonneville vetchling, Rydberg's peavine

leafy pea, leafy peavine, Oregon pea

Habit Herbs perennial, from rhizome, glabrous or villous. Herbs perennial, from rhizome, glabrous.
Stems

angled, erect, sprawling, or climbing, basally branched 0–3 times, 1–5 dm.

angled, erect, sprawling, or climbing, basally branched 0–2 times, 4–8 dm.

Leaves

2–9 cm;

tendrils usually well developed, sometimes reduced to a single bristle;

stipules lanceolate, 5–12 × 1–3 mm, much smaller than leaflets;

leaflets 6–12, scattered, blades elliptic to narrowly so, 8–70 × 3–8 mm, surfaces glabrous or villous.

11–16 cm;

tendrils well developed;

stipules ovate to lanceolate, 20–30 × 10–30 mm, nearly equal to distal leaflets;

leaflets 10–16, scattered, blades ovate to lanceolate, 30–50 × 10–30 mm, surfaces glabrous.

Inflorescences

2–5-flowered, 5–15 cm.

8–12-flowered, 9–14 cm.

Flowers

13–20 mm;

calyx lobes unequal, lateral lobes deltate, shorter than tube;

corolla pinkish to deep blue-purple, banner erect, blade nearly 2 times as long as claw, wings equal to keel;

ovary glabrous.

15–18 mm;

calyx lobes unequal, lateral lobes linear-triangular, equal to or longer than tube;

corolla blue-purple, banner erect, blade longer than claw, wings equal to keel;

ovary glabrous.

Legumes

30–40 × 6–8 mm.

40–70 × 4–9 mm.

2n

= 14.

Lathyrus brachycalyx

Lathyrus polyphyllus

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat Openings in coniferous forests.
Elevation 0–1800 m. (0–5900 ft.)
Distribution
from USDA
w United States
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CA; OR; WA
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Lathyrus polyphyllus is known from in and west of the Cascade Range. Lathyrus ecirrhosus A. Heller (1904), not Philippi (1892), is an illegitimate name that pertains here.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Key
1. Stems 1–3 dm, erect; herbs mostly villous throughout; banners shallowly cordate.
var. brachycalyx
1. Stems 3–5 dm, sprawling or climbing; herbs gla­brous or sparsely villous; banners deeply cordate.
var. zionis
Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lathyrus Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lathyrus
Sibling taxa
L. angulatus, L. aphaca, L. biflorus, 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
L. angulatus, 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. 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
Subordinate taxa
L. brachycalyx var. brachycalyx, L. brachycalyx var. zionis
Name authority Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34: 425. (1907) Nuttall in J. Torrey and A. Gray: Fl. N. Amer. 1: 274. (1838)
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