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drypark pea, pinewood peavine, Sandberg's vetchling

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Stems

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

erect to climbing, 2–6 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.

3–6 cm, usually terminating in well-developed, usually branched tendril;

leaflets 6–8, blades lanceolate, 20–50 × 7–16 mm.

Inflorescences

2–3 cm.

5–10 cm.

Flowers

8–10 mm, corolla pink or blue.

10–15 mm, corolla white.

Lathyrus lanszwertii var. bijugatus

Lathyrus lanszwertii var. pallescens

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun. Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat Edges and openings of coniferous woodlands. Park­land, thickets, sagebrush, oak, pine, aspen, and mixed conifer woodlands.
Elevation 600–1600 m. (2000–5200 ft.) 1500–3200 m. (4900–10500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
ID; MT; WA; BC
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from FNA
CO; UT; WY
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.)

Variety pallescens is sometimes confused with Lathyrus laetivirens from which it differs in having smaller flowers (10–15 mm versus 15–20 mm in L. laetivirens), and 6–8 lanceolate versus 8–10 ovate leaflets.

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

Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lathyrus > Lathyrus lanszwertii Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lathyrus > Lathyrus lanszwertii
Sibling taxa
L. lanszwertii var. aridus, L. lanszwertii var. lanszwertii, L. lanszwertii var. leucanthus, L. lanszwertii var. pallescens
L. lanszwertii var. aridus, L. lanszwertii var. bijugatus, L. lanszwertii var. lanszwertii, L. lanszwertii var. leucanthus
Synonyms L. bijugatus, L. bijugatus var. sandbergii
Name authority (T. G. White) Broich: Madroño 54: 371. (2008) Barneby in A. Cronquist et al.: Intermount. Fl. 3(B): 206. (1989)
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