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

common sweet pea, gesse odorante, sweet pea, sweet vetchling

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

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

broadly winged, climbing, basally branched 1–3 times, 8–30 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.

2–6 cm, rachises winged;

tendrils well developed;

stipules lanceolate, 10–25 × 2–6 mm, smaller than leaflets;

leaflets 2, blades ovate or obovate, 15–50 × 10–40 mm, surfaces glabrous or sparsely pustulose-hirsute.

Inflorescences

2–5-flowered, 4–7 cm.

2–4-flowered, 10–20 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.

20–25 mm;

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

corolla white, pink, purple, violet, or blue, banner erect, blade much longer than claw, wings longer than keel;

ovary densely pustulose-hirsute, style rotated 90° from ovary axis.

Legumes

30–50 × 5–15 mm.

50–70 × 8–15 mm.

2n

= 14.

Lathyrus laetivirens

Lathyrus odoratus

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul. Flowering Apr–May.
Habitat Flats, hillsides, sagebrush com­munities, pinyon-juniper, oak, pine, aspen and Douglas-fir forests. Disturbed areas.
Elevation 1200–3200 m. (3900–10500 ft.) 50–400 m. (200–1300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; NV; UT
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from FNA
AZ; CA; CT; IL; IN; KY; ME; MI; OH; OK; SC; TN; TX; VA; WV; MB; NF; ON; QC; Europe [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Mexico (México), Asia (China, India), n, e Africa, Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia]
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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 odoratus is cultivated as an ornamental and is an occasional escape.

(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. hirsutus, L. hitchcockianus, L. holochlorus, L. japonicus, L. jepsonii, L. laetivirens, L. lanszwertii, L. latifolius, L. littoralis, L. nevadensis, L. nissolia, L. ochroleucus, 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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