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California tule pea

delta tule pea, Jepson's pea, Jepson's sweet pea, tule pea

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

usually less than 10 dm.

winged, sprawling or climbing, basally branched 0–3 times, 4–25 dm.

Leaves

5–15 cm;

tendrils well developed;

stipules narrowly lanceolate to linear, 10–25 × 2–6 mm, much smaller than leaflets;

leaflets 8–12, scattered, blades lanceolate, 20–60 × 4–20 mm, surfaces glabrous or pubescent.

Inflorescences

5–15-flowered, 6–16 cm.

Flowers

14–17 mm;

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

corolla pale pink to rose-purple, banner erect, blade longer than claw, wings equal to keel;

ovary glabrous.

Legumes

50–90 × 6–9 mm.

2n

= 14.

Lathyrus jepsonii var. californicus

Lathyrus jepsonii

Phenology Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat Mead­ows, wooded streams.
Elevation 0–2000 m. (0–6600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from USDA
California
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Discussion

Lathyrus californicus (S. Watson) S. Watson, not Douglas, is an illegitimate name that pertains here.

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

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

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

Key
1. Herbs glabrous; of marshes and wetlands.
var. jepsonii
1. Herbs pubescent; of drier upland sites.
var. californicus
Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lathyrus > Lathyrus jepsonii Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lathyrus
Sibling taxa
L. jepsonii var. jepsonii
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. 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
Subordinate taxa
L. jepsonii var. californicus, L. jepsonii var. jepsonii
Synonyms L. venosus var. californicus, L. jepsonii subsp. californicus, L. watsonii
Name authority (S. Watson) Hoover: Leafl. W. Bot. 10: 349. (1966) Greene: Pittonia 2: 158. (1890) — (as jepsoni)
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