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

campo pea, pride-of-California

Habit Herbs perennial, from rhizome, glabrous. Herbs perennial, from rhizome, glabrate.
Stems

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

angled, sprawling, basally branched 0–3 times, 4–30 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.

5–8 cm;

tendrils well developed;

stipules lanceolate to linear, 10–20 × 2–8 mm, much smaller than leaflets;

leaflets 6–10, scattered, blades ovate to linear, 20–40 × 3–15 mm, surfaces glabrous throughout or sparsely pubescent abaxially.

Inflorescences

2–5-flowered, 4–7 cm.

6–10-flowered, 4–16 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.

25–30 mm;

calyx lobes unequal, lateral lobes deltate, shorter than tube;

corolla deep wine red, banner reflexed against calyx tube, blade much longer than claw, wings equal to keel;

ovary glandular-pubescent.

Legumes

30–50 × 5–15 mm.

50–80 × 5–9 mm.

2n

= 14.

Lathyrus laetivirens

Lathyrus splendens

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul. Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat Flats, hillsides, sagebrush com­munities, pinyon-juniper, oak, pine, aspen and Douglas-fir forests. Chaparral.
Elevation 1200–3200 m. (3900–10500 ft.) 50–1500 m. (200–4900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; NV; UT
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from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja 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.)

Morphological similarities between Lathyrus splendens and L. vestitus var. alefeldii (R. V. Bradshaw 1925; C. L. Hitchcock 1952) are such that these two taxa might be considered a parent-offspring species pair worthy of an evolutionary study of factors involved in their origin. Lathyrus splendens is known from the South Coast and Peninsular Ranges.

(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. odoratus, L. palustris, L. pauciflorus, L. polyphyllus, L. pratensis, L. pusillus, L. rigidus, L. sphaericus, 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) Kellogg: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 7: 90. (1877)
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