Lathyrus latifolius |
Lathyrus rigidus |
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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 |
bushy pea, Modoc pea, rigid pea, stiff pea, stiff peavine |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, from rhizome, glabrous. | Herbs perennial, from rootstock, glabrous. |
Stems | broadly winged, sprawling or climbing, basally branched 1–5 times, 8–20 dm. |
angled, erect, basally branched 5–10 times, 1–3 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. |
1–3 cm; tendrils bristlelike, less than 1 cm; stipules lanceolate, 10–15 × 1–8 mm, equal to distal leaflets; leaflets 4–8, paired, blades lanceolate, 15–30 × 5–10 mm, surfaces glabrous. |
Inflorescences | 5–15-flowered, 10–33 cm. |
2- or 3-flowered, 4–9 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. |
12–18 mm; calyx lobes ± unequal, lateral lobes deltate, shorter than tube; corolla white to lilac, banner erect, blade longer than claw, wings longer than keel; ovary glabrous. |
Legumes | 50–110 × 5–10 mm. |
20–40 × 5–10 mm, stipitate. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Lathyrus latifolius |
Lathyrus rigidus |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Sep. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Roadsides, disturbed areas. | Basalt scablands with sagebrush. |
Elevation | 50–2100 m. (200–6900 ft.) | 800–1700 m. (2600–5600 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; ID; NV; OR
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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.) |
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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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Synonyms | L. albus | |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 733. (1753) | T. G. White: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 455. (1894) |
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