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

Caley pea, hairy vetch, rough pea, singletary pea

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.

Lathyrus laetivirens

Lathyrus hirsutus

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
from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; NV; UT
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from FNA
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
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. 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
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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