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lanszwert's pea, Nevada pea, thick-leaf peavine

Stems

sprawling or climbing, 4–8 dm.

Leaves

5–8 cm, terminating in well-developed, usually branched tendril;

leaflets 8–10, blades usually lanceolate, rarely linear, 30–70 × 5–20 mm.

Inflorescences

3–9 cm.

Flowers

10–15 mm, corolla blue-purple, banner retuse to shallowly cordate.

2n

= 14, 28.

Lathyrus lanszwertii var. lanszwertii

Phenology Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat Parkland, thickets, sagebrush, juniper, pine, and aspen woodlands.
Elevation 900–3100 m. (3000–10200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; CO; ID; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY
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Discussion

Variety lanszwertii is found in northern California, western Colorado, central Idaho, western Nevada, eastern Oregon, the Wasatch Mountains of northeastern Utah, southeastern Washington, and north-central Wyoming.

(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. bijugatus, L. lanszwertii var. leucanthus, L. lanszwertii var. pallescens
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