Lathyrus laetivirens |
Lathyrus sylvestris |
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aspen pea, aspen peavine, aspen vetchling, plateau peavine, plateau vetchling |
flat or narrow leaf everlasting or sweet pea, flat pea, narrow-leaf everlasting peavine, narrow-leaf everlasting-pea, narrow-leaf peavine, narrow-leaf vetchling |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, from rhizome, glabrous. | Herbs perennial, from rhizome, glabrous. |
Stems | angled, sprawling to erect, basally branched 0–3 times, 2–8 dm. |
broadly winged, sprawling or climbing, basally branched 1–3 times, 6–20 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. |
2–4 cm, rachises winged; tendrils well developed, branched; stipules linear, 10–30 × 1–3 mm, less than 1/2 width of stem, much smaller than leaflets; leaflets 2, blades linear, 20–150 × 4–24 mm, surfaces glabrous. |
Inflorescences | 2–5-flowered, 4–7 cm. |
3–10-flowered, 9–27 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. |
12–17 mm; calyx lobes equal, lateral lobes deltate, usually shorter than tube; corolla red-purple, banner erect, blade longer than claw, wings equal to keel; ovary glandular-pubescent, style rotated 90° from ovary axis. |
Legumes | 30–50 × 5–15 mm. |
30–75 × 5–10 mm. |
2n | = 14. |
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Lathyrus laetivirens |
Lathyrus sylvestris |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jul. | Flowering May–Aug. |
Habitat | Flats, hillsides, sagebrush communities, pinyon-juniper, oak, pine, aspen and Douglas-fir forests. | Roadsides, fencerows, waste ground. |
Elevation | 1200–3200 m. (3900–10500 ft.) | 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; NM; NV; UT
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AL; AR; CA; CO; CT; GA; ID; IN; KY; MA; MI; MN; MO; MS; MT; NH; NY; OR; PA; RI; SC; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; BC; NB; NS; ON; PE; QC; Europe [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Mexico (Nuevo León), Pacific Islands (New Zealand)]
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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.) |
Lathyrus sylvestris is similar to L. latifolius and intermediate populations are known to occur in Europe (M. Valero 1991). In North America, L. sylvestris is distinguished by its distinctly narrower stipules. (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) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 733. (1753) |
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