Lathyrus lanszwertii |
Lathyrus hirsutus |
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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 |
Caley pea, hairy vetch, rough pea, singletary pea |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, from rhizome, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. | Herbs annual, glabrous, except legumes. | ||||||||||||||||
Stems | angled, erect, sprawling, or climbing, basally branched 0–4 times, 1–8 dm. |
winged, sprawling, basally branched 0–several times, 2–10 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. |
0.8–3 cm, rachises narrowly winged; tendrils well developed; stipules linear, 5–10 × 1–3 mm, much smaller than leaflets; leaflets 2, blades lanceolate to linear, 25–75 × 5–12 mm, surfaces glabrous. |
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Inflorescences | 2–6-flowered, 2–10 cm. |
1- or 2-flowered, 4–15 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. |
8–10 mm; calyx lobes subequal, lateral lobes linear-triangular, longer than tube; corolla blue to red, banner erect, blade 2 times as long as claw, wings equal to keel; ovary densely pustulose-based pubescent, style rotated 90° from ovary axis. |
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Legumes | 25–45 × 6–10 mm. |
25–40 × 5–10 mm. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Lathyrus lanszwertii |
Lathyrus hirsutus |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jul. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Roadsides, pastures, railroad rights-of-way, disturbed areas. | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
w North America
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AL; AR; CA; FL; GA; IL; IN; KY; LA; MD; MI; MO; MS; NC; NM; OK; OR; SC; TN; TX; VA; Europe [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay), n, e Africa]
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Discussion | Varieties 5 (5 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Lathyrus hirsutus is cultivated as a forage crop. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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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: 732. (1753) | ||||||||||||||||
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