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broad-leaf peavine, everlasting or perennial sweet pea, everlasting pea, everlasting peavine, everlasting vetchling, perennial pea, perennial peavine, perennial sweet pea, sweet pea

red pea, red peavine, red vetch or pea

Habit Herbs perennial, from rhizome, glabrous. Herbs annual, glabrous.
Stems

broadly winged, sprawling or climbing, basally branched 1–5 times, 8–20 dm.

winged, sprawling or climbing, basally branched 0–3 times, 2–10 dm.

Leaves

2–5 cm, rachises broadly winged;

tendrils well developed, branched;

stipules lanceolate, 30–40 × 7–15 mm, at least 1/2 width of stem, much smaller than leaflets;

leaflets 2, blades lanceolate-elliptic, 30–120 × 7–50 mm, surfaces glabrous.

0.5–2 cm, rachises winged as the stem;

tendrils well developed;

stipules lanceolate, 10–20 × 2–6 mm, sometimes as wide as leaflets;

leaflets 2, blades linear, 20–50 × 1–6 mm, surfaces glabrous.

Inflorescences

5–15-flowered, 10–33 cm.

usually 1-flowered, 1–4 cm.

Flowers

15–20 mm;

calyx lobes unequal, lateral lobes linear-triangular, shorter than tube;

corolla purple, magenta, pink, or white, banner erect, blade longer than claw, wings equal to keel;

ovary densely glandular-pubescent, style rotated 90° from ovary axis.

10–12 mm;

calyx lobes equal, lateral lobes linear-triangular, 2–3 times longer than tube;

corolla reddish purple, banner erect, blade equal to claw, wings equal to keel;

ovary glabrous, style rotated 90° from ovary axis.

Legumes

50–110 × 5–10 mm.

20–40 × 5–10 mm, broadly winged on abaxial suture.

2n

= 14.

= 14.

Lathyrus latifolius

Lathyrus cicera

Phenology Flowering May–Sep. Flowering Apr–May.
Habitat Roadsides, disturbed areas. Disturbed areas.
Elevation 50–2100 m. (200–6900 ft.) 50–600 m. (200–2000 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; MT; NC; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; BC; NB; NS; ON; PE; QC; Europe [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Mexico, South America (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay), Asia (China, Japan), n, e, s Africa, Pacific Islands (Hawaii, New Zealand), Australia]
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from FNA
CA; Europe [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America (Argentina, Uruguay)]
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Discussion

Lathyrus latifolius is widely naturalized in North America and forms large thickets along roadsides, especially in the Pacific Coast states. M. J. W. Godt and J. L. Hamrick (1991) explored genetic variation within the species as it occurs in North America.

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

Lathyrus cicera is cultivated as an ornamental and occasionally escapes.

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

Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lathyrus Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lathyrus
Sibling taxa
L. angulatus, L. aphaca, L. biflorus, L. brachycalyx, L. brownii, L. cicera, L. decaphyllus, L. delnorticus, L. eucosmus, L. glandulosus, L. graminifolius, L. grimesii, L. hirsutus, L. hitchcockianus, L. holochlorus, L. japonicus, L. jepsonii, L. laetivirens, L. lanszwertii, L. littoralis, L. nevadensis, L. nissolia, L. ochroleucus, L. odoratus, L. palustris, L. pauciflorus, L. polyphyllus, L. pratensis, L. pusillus, L. rigidus, L. sphaericus, L. splendens, L. sulphureus, L. sylvestris, L. tingitanus, L. torreyi, L. tracyi, L. tuberosus, L. venosus, L. vestitus
L. angulatus, L. aphaca, L. biflorus, L. brachycalyx, L. brownii, L. decaphyllus, L. delnorticus, L. eucosmus, L. glandulosus, L. graminifolius, L. grimesii, L. hirsutus, L. hitchcockianus, L. holochlorus, L. japonicus, L. jepsonii, L. laetivirens, L. lanszwertii, L. latifolius, L. littoralis, L. nevadensis, L. nissolia, L. ochroleucus, L. odoratus, L. palustris, L. pauciflorus, L. polyphyllus, L. pratensis, L. pusillus, L. rigidus, L. sphaericus, L. splendens, L. sulphureus, L. sylvestris, L. tingitanus, L. torreyi, L. tracyi, L. tuberosus, L. venosus, L. vestitus
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 733. (1753) Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 730. (1753)
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