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

Brewer's sweet or snub or sulfur pea, Brewer's sweet pea, snub pea, sulfur pea, sulpher pea, sulphur pea

Habit Herbs perennial, from rhizome, glabrous. Herbs perennial, from rhizome, usually glabrous, rarely pubescent.
Stems

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

angled, climbing, basally branched 0–3 times, 5–15 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.

9–12 cm;

tendrils well developed;

stipules lanceolate, 15–25 × 4–10 mm, sometimes equal to distal leaflets;

leaflets 6–12, scattered, blades ovate to lanceolate, 25–50 × 10–20 mm, surfaces glabrous or pubescent.

Inflorescences

2–5-flowered, 4–7 cm.

9–15-flowered, 6–10 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.

11–13 mm;

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

corolla orange to yellow-cream, banner erect, blade shorter than claw, wings equal to keel;

ovary glabrous.

Legumes

30–50 × 5–15 mm.

40–70 × 4–6 mm.

Lathyrus laetivirens

Lathyrus sulphureus

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat Flats, hillsides, sagebrush com­munities, pinyon-juniper, oak, pine, aspen and Douglas-fir forests.
Elevation 1200–3200 m. (3900–10500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; NV; UT
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from USDA
w United States
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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.)

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Key
1. Herbs glabrous.
var. sulphureus
1. Herbs densely villous.
var. argillaceus
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. splendens, L. sylvestris, L. tingitanus, L. torreyi, L. tracyi, L. tuberosus, L. venosus, L. vestitus
Subordinate taxa
L. sulphureus var. argillaceus, L. sulphureus var. sulphureus
Synonyms L. lanszwertii var. laetivirens, L. leucanthus var. laetivirens
Name authority Greene ex Rydberg: Fl. Colorado, 217. (1906) W. H. Brewer ex A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 399. (1868)
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