Lathyrus latifolius |
Lathyrus lanszwertii |
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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 |
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. | Herbs perennial, from rhizome, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. | ||||||||||||||||
Stems | broadly winged, sprawling or climbing, basally branched 1–5 times, 8–20 dm. |
angled, erect, sprawling, or climbing, basally branched 0–4 times, 1–8 dm. |
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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–)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 | 5–15-flowered, 10–33 cm. |
2–6-flowered, 2–10 cm. |
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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. |
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 | 50–110 × 5–10 mm. |
25–45 × 6–10 mm. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Lathyrus latifolius |
Lathyrus lanszwertii |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Sep. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Roadsides, disturbed areas. | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 50–2100 m. (200–6900 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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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.) |
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. | ||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lathyrus | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lathyrus | ||||||||||||||||
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 733. (1753) | Kellogg: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 150, fig. 44. (1863) | ||||||||||||||||
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