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aspen pea, aspen peavine, aspen vetchling, plateau peavine, plateau vetchling

bush vetchling, seemly pea

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

angled, sprawling to erect, basally branched 0–3 times, 2–8 dm.

angled, erect, basally branched 0–2 times, 2–5 dm.

Leaves

3–8 cm;

tendrils well developed, often branched;

stipules lanceolate, 8–12 × 2–5 mm, much smaller than leaflets;

leaflets 6–10, usually paired, blades ovate, 20–40 × 10–20 mm, surfaces glabrous.

2–4 cm;

tendrils simple or branched, sometimes prehensile;

stipules linear, 5–15 × 1–2 mm, much smaller than leaflets;

leaflets 6 or 8, scattered, blades ovate to lanceolate, 15–45 × 4–10 mm, surfaces glabrous throughout or puberulent abaxially.

Inflorescences

2–5-flowered, 4–7 cm.

2–4-flowered, 7–12 cm.

Flowers

15–20 mm;

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

corolla white to slightly pink or lavender, banner erect, blade longer than claw, wings equal to keel;

ovary glabrous.

18–20 mm;

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

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

ovary glabrous.

Legumes

30–50 × 5–15 mm.

40–50 × 8–10 mm, short-stipitate.

2n

= 14.

Lathyrus laetivirens

Lathyrus eucosmus

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul. Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat Flats, hillsides, sagebrush com­munities, pinyon-juniper, oak, pine, aspen and Douglas-fir forests. Dry soils in washes, pinyon-juniper woodlands, oak-brush, ponderosa pine forests, open prairies, grasslands.
Elevation 1200–3200 m. (3900–10500 ft.) 1200–2500 m. (3900–8200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; NV; UT
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from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; TX; UT; WY; Mexico (Coahuila)
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Discussion

C. L. Hitchcock (1952), S. L. Welsh et al. (1987), and D. Isely (1998) placed Lathyrus laetivirens within the L. lanszwertii complex, whereas R. C. Barneby (1989) treated it as a separate species.

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

Lathyrus eucosmus is known from the northern two-thirds of Arizona northward to southeastern Utah, and eastward in southeastern Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas to the edge of the Great Plains.

(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. graminifolius, L. grimesii, L. hirsutus, L. hitchcockianus, L. holochlorus, L. japonicus, L. jepsonii, 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. 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
Synonyms L. lanszwertii var. laetivirens, L. leucanthus var. laetivirens L. brachycalyx subsp. eucosmus, L. brachycalyx var. eucosmus
Name authority Greene ex Rydberg: Fl. Colorado, 217. (1906) Butters & H. St. John: Rhodora 19: 160. (1917)
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