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Caley pea, hairy vetch, rough pea, singletary pea

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

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat Roadsides, pastures, railroad rights-of-way, disturbed areas.
Elevation 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.)
Distribution
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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.
Parent taxa 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. graminifolius, L. grimesii, 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: 732. (1753)
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