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

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

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

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

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

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

2–5-flowered, 4–7 cm.

5–15-flowered, 6–16 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.

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

30–50 × 5–15 mm.

50–90 × 6–9 mm.

Lathyrus laetivirens

Lathyrus jepsonii

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat Flats, hillsides, sagebrush com­munities, pinyon-juniper, oak, pine, aspen and Douglas-fir forests.
Elevation 1200–3200 m. (3900–10500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; NV; UT
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from USDA
California
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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.)

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 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. 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. lanszwertii var. laetivirens, L. leucanthus var. laetivirens
Name authority Greene ex Rydberg: Fl. Colorado, 217. (1906) Greene: Pittonia 2: 158. (1890) — (as jepsoni)
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