Lathyrus lanszwertii var. leucanthus |
Lathyrus lanszwertii |
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Nevada pea |
aspen peavine, lanszwert's pea, lanszwert's vetchling, Nevada pea, Nevada peavine, Nevada sweet pea, pinewood peavine, Rocky Mountain sweetpea, thick-leaf pea, thick-leaf peavine |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, from rhizome, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. | |||||||||||||||||
Stems | erect, 1–3 dm. |
angled, erect, sprawling, or climbing, basally branched 0–4 times, 1–8 dm. |
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Leaves | 2–3 cm, terminating in simple bristle, less than 1 cm; leaflets 4–6, blades lanceolate and 25–50 × 5–15 mm, or linear and 35–70 × 2–5 mm. |
(0.5–)1–8 cm; tendrils mucronate to well developed; stipules linear to lanceolate, 5–25 × 1–6 mm, much smaller than leaflets; leaflets 2–10, scattered, blades lanceolate or linear, 20–70 × 2–20 mm, surfaces glabrous or sparsely pubescent. |
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Inflorescences | 3–5 cm. |
2–6-flowered, 2–10 cm. |
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Flowers | 10–15 mm, corolla white. |
7–15 mm; calyx lobes unequal, lateral lobes deltate, shorter than tube; corolla white or blue-purple, banner erect, blade equal to claw, wings equal to keel; ovary glabrous. |
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Legumes | 25–45 × 6–10 mm. |
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2n | = 28. |
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Lathyrus lanszwertii var. leucanthus |
Lathyrus lanszwertii |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | In sagebrush, openings in pine, oak, and aspen woodlands. | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 2000–3200 m. (6600–10500 ft.) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
AZ; CO; NM; UT; WY |
w North America
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Discussion | Variety leucanthus includes two distinct sympatric races: one with lanceolate leaflets (= L. leucanthus), and one with linear leaflets (= L. arizonicus Britton). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Varieties 5 (5 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. | ||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | L. leucanthus, L. arizonicus, L. lanszwertii var. arizonicus | |||||||||||||||||
Name authority | (Rydberg) Dorn: Vasc. Pl. Wyoming, 171, 297. (1988) | Kellogg: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 150, fig. 44. (1863) | ||||||||||||||||
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