Lathyrus laetivirens |
Lathyrus splendens |
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aspen pea, aspen peavine, aspen vetchling, plateau peavine, plateau vetchling |
campo pea, pride-of-California |
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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. |
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Lathyrus laetivirens |
Lathyrus splendens |
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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. | Chaparral. |
Elevation | 1200–3200 m. (3900–10500 ft.) | 50–1500 m. (200–4900 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; NM; NV; UT
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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 | ||
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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