Lathyrus laetivirens |
Lathyrus pusillus |
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aspen pea, aspen peavine, aspen vetchling, plateau peavine, plateau vetchling |
singletary vetchling, tiny pea |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, from rhizome, glabrous. | Herbs annual, glabrate. |
Stems | angled, sprawling to erect, basally branched 0–3 times, 2–8 dm. |
narrowly winged, sprawling or climbing, basally branched 0–4 times, 3–6 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. |
1–3 cm; tendrils well developed; stipules linear, 10–20 × 2–5 mm, equal to smaller leaflets; leaflets 2, blades linear, 15–60 × 2–8 mm, surfaces glabrous. |
Inflorescences | 2–5-flowered, 4–7 cm. |
terminal, 1- or 2-flowered, 2–4 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. |
7–10 mm; calyx lobes subequal, linear-triangular, usually longer than tube; corolla blue, banner erect, blade equal to claw, wings equal to keel; ovary glabrous. |
Legumes | 30–50 × 5–15 mm. |
30–50 × 2–4 mm. |
2n | = 14. |
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Lathyrus laetivirens |
Lathyrus pusillus |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jul. | Flowering Mar–May. |
Habitat | Flats, hillsides, sagebrush communities, pinyon-juniper, oak, pine, aspen and Douglas-fir forests. | Roadsides, pastures, prairies, open habitats. |
Elevation | 1200–3200 m. (3900–10500 ft.) | 0–800 m. (0–2600 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; NM; NV; UT
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AL; AR; FL; KS; LA; MO; MS; NC; OK; TX; VA; South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay) |
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 pusillus, the only North American member of section Notolathyrus, a section centered in South America, is also the only annual species of Lathyrus native to North America. It is native to the southeastern United States; it has been cultivated as a forage crop in Oregon and occasionally escapes, but it has not become naturalized there. (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) | Elliott: Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 223. (1823) |
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