Lathyrus palustris |
Lathyrus japonicus |
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gesse des marais, marsh pea, marsh peavine, marsh vetchling |
beach or maritime or sand pea, beach pea, beach vetchling, maritime pea, sea pea, seaside pea |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, from rhizome, glabrous or pubescent. | Herbs perennial, from rhizome, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. | ||||||||
Stems | narrowly to broadly winged, sprawling or climbing, basally branched 0–4 times, 2–10 dm. |
angled to narrowly winged, erect, sprawling, or climbing, basally branched 0–4 times, 1–10 dm. |
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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. |
3–15 cm; tendrils usually well developed, branched or unbranched; stipules sagittate-ovate, 7–35 × 7–30 mm, as large as basal leaflets; leaflets 6–12, usually scattered, blades ovate to lanceolate, 15–55 × 5–35 mm, surfaces glabrous throughout or pubescent abaxially. |
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Inflorescences | 2–7-flowered, 3–15 cm. |
4–9-flowered, 4–15 cm. |
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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. |
12–29 mm; calyx lobes unequal, lateral lobes linear-triangular, longer than tube; corolla blue to purple, banner erect, blade longer than claw, wings equal to keel; ovary eglandular and glandular-pubescent. |
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Legumes | 25–60 × 4–8 mm. |
35–65 × 6–12 mm. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Lathyrus palustris |
Lathyrus japonicus |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Aug. | |||||||||
Habitat | Coastal and inland wetlands. | |||||||||
Elevation | 0–1800 m. (0–5900 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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North America; Eurasia [Introduced in s South America]
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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.) |
Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). Within Lathyrus japonicus, in the narrow sense, there is a south to north reduction in plant size, including plant height, robustness, and leaflet size, but not flower size, flower number, or fruit size. On the east coast of North America this shift seems fairly abrupt, giving the appearance of a clear distinction between var. maritimus and var. pellitus in the south, and var. japonicus to the north in Labrador and Greenland. However, on the West Coast, there are few truly pubescent forms (var. pellitus), and there seem to be many more intermediates between var. maritimus in the south and var. japonicus to the north. (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) | Willdenow: Sp. Pl. 3: 1092. (1802) | ||||||||
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