Lathyrus laetivirens |
Lathyrus hirsutus |
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aspen pea, aspen peavine, aspen vetchling, plateau peavine, plateau vetchling |
Caley pea, hairy vetch, rough pea, singletary pea |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, from rhizome, glabrous. | Herbs annual, glabrous, except legumes. |
Stems | angled, sprawling to erect, basally branched 0–3 times, 2–8 dm. |
winged, sprawling, basally branched 0–several times, 2–10 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. |
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 | 2–5-flowered, 4–7 cm. |
1- or 2-flowered, 4–15 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. |
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 | 30–50 × 5–15 mm. |
25–40 × 5–10 mm. |
2n | = 14. |
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Lathyrus laetivirens |
Lathyrus hirsutus |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jul. | Flowering Apr–Jul. |
Habitat | Flats, hillsides, sagebrush communities, pinyon-juniper, oak, pine, aspen and Douglas-fir forests. | Roadsides, pastures, railroad rights-of-way, disturbed areas. |
Elevation | 1200–3200 m. (3900–10500 ft.) | 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; NM; NV; UT
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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 | 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 hirsutus is cultivated as a forage crop. (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 |
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Synonyms | L. lanszwertii var. laetivirens, L. leucanthus var. laetivirens | |
Name authority | Greene ex Rydberg: Fl. Colorado, 217. (1906) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 732. (1753) |
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