Lathyrus lanszwertii |
Lathyrus aphaca |
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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 |
yellow pea, yellow vetchling |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, from rhizome, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. | Herbs annual, glabrous. | ||||||||||||||||
Stems | angled, erect, sprawling, or climbing, basally branched 0–4 times, 1–8 dm. |
not winged, erect or climbing, basally branched 1–several times, 2–6 dm. |
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Leaves | (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. |
reduced to tendrils, unbranched or branched, 1–4 cm; stipules ovate, 10–35 × 10–25 mm, base hastate, margins entire; leaflets 0. |
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Inflorescences | 2–6-flowered, 2–10 cm. |
1-flowered, 2–4 cm. |
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Flowers | 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. |
6–10 mm; calyx lobes equal, lateral lobes broadly lanceolate, longer than tube; corolla yellow, banner erect, blade equal to claw, wings equal to keel; ovary glabrous. |
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Legumes | 25–45 × 6–10 mm. |
15–30 × 5–7 mm. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Lathyrus lanszwertii |
Lathyrus aphaca |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Roadsides, waste areas. | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 0–700 m. (0–2300 ft.) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
w North America
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AL; AR; CA; KY; LA; MD; NE; OR; PA; TN; TX; WA; Eurasia [Introduced in North America; introduced also in n, e Africa]
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Discussion | Varieties 5 (5 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. | ||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lathyrus | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lathyrus | ||||||||||||||||
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Name authority | Kellogg: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 150, fig. 44. (1863) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 729. (1753) | ||||||||||||||||
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