Lathyrus laetivirens |
Lathyrus sphaericus |
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aspen pea, aspen peavine, aspen vetchling, plateau peavine, plateau vetchling |
grass pea, grass peavine |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, from rhizome, glabrous. | Herbs annual, glabrous. |
Stems | angled, sprawling to erect, basally branched 0–3 times, 2–8 dm. |
not winged, erect, sprawling or climbing, basally branched 1–several times, 2–5 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. |
0.5–1.5 cm; tendrils bristlelike to 4 cm, often unbranched; stipules linear, 10–15 × 2–10 mm, much smaller than leaflets; leaflets 2, blades linear, 20–90 × 2–10 mm, surfaces glabrous. |
Inflorescences | 2–5-flowered, 4–7 cm. |
1-flowered, 1–2 cm, prolonged beyond flower into a bristle. |
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. |
6–10 mm; calyx lobes subequal, lateral lobes lanceolate, longer than tube; corolla reddish orange, banner erect, blade longer than or equal to claw, wings equal to keel; ovary glabrous. |
Legumes | 30–50 × 5–15 mm. |
40–60 × 4–6 mm, longitudinal venation prominent. |
2n | = 14. |
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Lathyrus laetivirens |
Lathyrus sphaericus |
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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, waste areas. |
Elevation | 1200–3200 m. (3900–10500 ft.) | 0–500 m. (0–1600 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; NM; NV; UT
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CA; OR; WA; BC; Europe [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Mexico, Asia, 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.) |
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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) | Retzius: Observ. Bot. 3: 39. (1783) |
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