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drypark pea, pinewood peavine, Sandberg's vetchling

Stems

erect, sprawling, or climbing, 2–4 dm.

Leaves

0.5–2 cm, terminating in simple bristle less than 1 cm;

leaflets 2–4, blades lanceolate or linear, 20–50 × 4–15 mm or 30–90 × 2–5 mm.

Inflorescences

2–3 cm.

Flowers

8–10 mm, corolla pink or blue.

Lathyrus lanszwertii var. bijugatus

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat Edges and openings of coniferous woodlands.
Elevation 600–1600 m. (2000–5200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
ID; MT; WA; BC
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Discussion

Variety bijugatus, which is found from southern British Columbia to eastern Washington, northern Idaho, and western Montana, includes two distinct sympatric races: one with lanceolate leaflets (= L. bijugatus var. bijugatus in the sense of White), and one with linear leaflets (= L. bijugatus var. sandbergii).

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

Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lathyrus > Lathyrus lanszwertii
Sibling taxa
L. lanszwertii var. aridus, L. lanszwertii var. lanszwertii, L. lanszwertii var. leucanthus, L. lanszwertii var. pallescens
Synonyms L. bijugatus, L. bijugatus var. sandbergii
Name authority (T. G. White) Broich: Madroño 54: 371. (2008)
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