Lathyrus hirsutus |
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Caley pea, hairy vetch, rough pea, singletary pea |
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Habit | Herbs annual, glabrous, except legumes. |
Stems | winged, sprawling, basally branched 0–several times, 2–10 dm. |
Leaves | 0.8–3 cm, rachises narrowly winged; tendrils well developed; stipules linear, 5–10 × 1–3 mm, much smaller than leaflets; leaflets 2, blades lanceolate to linear, 25–75 × 5–12 mm, surfaces glabrous. |
Inflorescences | 1- or 2-flowered, 4–15 cm. |
Flowers | 8–10 mm; calyx lobes subequal, lateral lobes linear-triangular, longer than tube; corolla blue to red, banner erect, blade 2 times as long as claw, wings equal to keel; ovary densely pustulose-based pubescent, style rotated 90° from ovary axis. |
Legumes | 25–40 × 5–10 mm. |
2n | = 14. |
Lathyrus hirsutus |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jul. |
Habitat | Roadsides, pastures, railroad rights-of-way, disturbed areas. |
Elevation | 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; CA; FL; GA; IL; IN; KY; LA; MD; MI; MO; MS; NC; NM; OK; OR; SC; TN; TX; VA; Europe [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay), n, e Africa]
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Discussion | Lathyrus hirsutus is cultivated as a forage crop. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 732. (1753) |
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