Lathyrus latifolius |
Lathyrus tuberosus |
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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 |
earth-nut pea, earth-nut peavine, tuber vetchling, tuberous pea, tuberous sweetpea |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, from rhizome, glabrous. | Herbs perennial, from tuber-bearing rhizome, glabrous. |
Stems | broadly winged, sprawling or climbing, basally branched 1–5 times, 8–20 dm. |
not winged, sprawling, branched along trailing stems several times, 2–6 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; tendrils well developed; stipules filiform-linear, 5–10 × 1–3 mm, much smaller than leaflets; leaflets 2, blades lanceolate, 10–40 × 5–15 mm, surfaces glabrous. |
Inflorescences | 5–15-flowered, 10–33 cm. |
4–6-flowered, 6–15 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. |
8–12 mm; calyx lobes unequal, lateral lobes linear-triangular, equal to tube; corolla reddish, banner erect, blade longer than claw, wings equal to keel; ovary glabrous, style rotated 90° from ovary axis. |
Legumes | 50–110 × 5–10 mm. |
20–30(–40) × 3–6 mm. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Lathyrus latifolius |
Lathyrus tuberosus |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Sep. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Roadsides, disturbed areas. | Roadsides, meadows, fields. |
Elevation | 50–2100 m. (200–6900 ft.) | 50–100 m. (200–300 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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CT; IA; IL; IN; KY; MA; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; TN; VT; WA; WI; WV; MB; ON; QC; SK; Europe; w Asia [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Pacific Islands (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.) |
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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) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 732. (1753) |
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