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grass-leaf pea

grimes' pea, grimes' vetchling

Habit Herbs perennial, from rhizome or woody rootstock, glabrous. Herbs perennial, from rhizomelike rootstock, glabrous.
Stems

angled, sprawling or climbing, sometimes branched at flowering nodes, 2–6 dm.

angled, erect, branched 0–2 times basally or from proximal nodes, 0.5–2 dm.

Leaves

5–9 cm;

tendrils usually well developed;

stipules lanceolate to linear, 8–12 × 1–5 mm, much smaller than leaflets;

leaflets 4–8, scattered, blades usually linear, rarely lanceolate, 30–80 × 1–20 mm, surfaces glabrous.

1–2 cm;

tendrils reduced to bristles;

stipules lanceolate to linear, 5–15 × 1–5 mm, much smaller than leaflets;

leaflets 4 or 6, paired, blades ovate to obovate, 10–25 × 5–10 mm, surfaces glabrous.

Inflorescences

5–8-flowered, 10–18 cm.

2–4-flowered, 4–6 cm.

Flowers

8–15 mm;

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

corolla white to blue-orchid, banner erect, blade equal to claw, wings equal to keel;

ovary glabrous.

14–17 mm;

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

corolla bicolored lavender and white, banner erect, blade longer than claw, wings longer than keel, 1–3 mm;

ovary glabrous.

Legumes

30–50 × 4–8 mm.

25–30 × 8–10 mm, stipitate.

2n

= 14.

Lathyrus graminifolius

Lathyrus grimesii

Phenology Flowering Apr–Aug. Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat Slopes of ponderosa pine, mixed conifer, spruce-fir and oak-juniper forests. Talus slopes in sagebrush com­munities.
Elevation 1000–2800 m. (3300–9200 ft.) 1800–2600 m. (5900–8500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora)
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from FNA
NV
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Discussion

Lathyrus graminifolius is known from the eastern half of Arizona to the western two-thirds of New Mexico and in trans-Pecos Texas.

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

Lathyrus grimesii is known only from the northern Independence Range and southern Bull Run Mountains in Elko County.

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

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. brachycalyx, L. brownii, L. cicera, L. decaphyllus, L. delnorticus, L. eucosmus, L. glandulosus, 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. 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
Synonyms L. palustris var. graminifolius
Name authority (S. Watson) T. G. White: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 454. (1894) Barneby in A. Cronquist et al.: Intermount. Fl. 3(B): 208, plate [p. 211], fig. s.n. [center right]. (1989)
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