Lathyrus latifolius |
Lathyrus cicera |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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CA; Europe [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America (Argentina, Uruguay)] |
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 |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 733. (1753) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 730. (1753) |
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