Lathyrus palustris |
Lathyrus aphaca |
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gesse des marais, marsh pea, marsh peavine, marsh vetchling |
yellow pea, yellow vetchling |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, from rhizome, glabrous or pubescent. | Herbs annual, glabrous. |
Stems | narrowly to broadly winged, sprawling or climbing, basally branched 0–4 times, 2–10 dm. |
not winged, erect or climbing, basally branched 1–several times, 2–6 dm. |
Leaves | 1–6 cm; tendrils well developed; stipules ovate-lanceolate to linear, 5–25 × 1–10 mm, much smaller than leaflets; leaflets 4–8, paired, blades lanceolate to linear, 15–75 × 2–20 mm, surfaces glabrous, glabrate, or pubescent. |
reduced to tendrils, unbranched or branched, 1–4 cm; stipules ovate, 10–35 × 10–25 mm, base hastate, margins entire; leaflets 0. |
Inflorescences | 2–7-flowered, 3–15 cm. |
1-flowered, 2–4 cm. |
Flowers | 10–15 mm; calyx lobes unequal, lateral lobes deltate, shorter than tube; corolla blue-purple, banner erect, blade equal to claw, wings equal to keel; ovary glandular-pubescent. |
6–10 mm; calyx lobes equal, lateral lobes broadly lanceolate, longer than tube; corolla yellow, banner erect, blade equal to claw, wings equal to keel; ovary glabrous. |
Legumes | 25–60 × 4–8 mm. |
15–30 × 5–7 mm. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Lathyrus palustris |
Lathyrus aphaca |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Aug. | Flowering May–Jun. |
Habitat | Coastal and inland wetlands. | Roadsides, waste areas. |
Elevation | 0–1800 m. (0–5900 ft.) | 0–700 m. (0–2300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AK; AL; AR; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; IA; IL; IN; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OR; PA; RI; SD; TN; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; BC; MB; NB; NL; NS; NU; ON; PE; QC; SK; SPM
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AL; AR; CA; KY; LA; MD; NE; OR; PA; TN; TX; WA; Eurasia [Introduced in North America; introduced also in n, e Africa]
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Discussion | Morphological variation within Lathyrus palustris is extensive. Although the most distinctive forms (see synonyms) have been accorded formal nomenclatural recognition (M. L. Fernald 1911; C. L. Hitchcock 1952), intergradation among these mostly sympatric ecotypes is widespread (D. Isely 1998). In Nunavut, it is known only from Akimiski Island in James Bay. (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. myrtifolius, L. palustris var. linearifolius, L. palustris var. macranthus, L. palustris var. myrtifolius, L. palustris subsp. pilosus, L. palustris var. pilosus, L. palustris var. retusus | |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 733. (1753) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 729. (1753) |
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