Lathyrus polyphyllus |
Lathyrus pauciflorus |
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leafy pea, leafy peavine, Oregon pea |
few-flower pea, few-flower pea-vine, few-flower vetchling |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, from rhizome, glabrous. | Herbs perennial, from rhizome or thickened rootstock, glabrous. | ||||
Stems | angled, erect, sprawling, or climbing, basally branched 0–2 times, 4–8 dm. |
angled, erect, sprawling, or climbing, basally branched 1–3 times, 3–8 dm. |
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Leaves | 11–16 cm; tendrils well developed; stipules ovate to lanceolate, 20–30 × 10–30 mm, nearly equal to distal leaflets; leaflets 10–16, scattered, blades ovate to lanceolate, 30–50 × 10–30 mm, surfaces glabrous. |
6–9 cm; tendrils well developed; stipules ovate to lanceolate, 15–25 × 5–11 mm, much smaller than leaflets; leafets 6–10, scattered, blades lanceolate to linear or ovate, 20–80 × 2–35 mm, surfaces glabrous. |
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Inflorescences | 8–12-flowered, 9–14 cm. |
4–13-flowered, 5–18 cm. |
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Flowers | 15–18 mm; calyx lobes unequal, lateral lobes linear-triangular, equal to or longer than tube; corolla blue-purple, banner erect, blade longer than claw, wings equal to keel; ovary glabrous. |
12–20 mm; calyx lobes unequal, lateral lobes deltate, shorter than tube; corolla pale blue-lavender to purple, banner erect, blade longer than claw, wings longer than keel, (by 1–4 mm); ovary glabrous. |
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Legumes | 40–70 × 4–9 mm. |
30–50 × 5–10 mm. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Lathyrus polyphyllus |
Lathyrus pauciflorus |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jul. | |||||
Habitat | Openings in coniferous forests. | |||||
Elevation | 0–1800 m. (0–5900 ft.) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA
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w United States
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Discussion | Lathyrus polyphyllus is known from in and west of the Cascade Range. Lathyrus ecirrhosus A. Heller (1904), not Philippi (1892), is an illegitimate name that pertains here. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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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 | Nuttall in J. Torrey and A. Gray: Fl. N. Amer. 1: 274. (1838) | Fernald: Bot. Gaz. 19: 335. (1894) | ||||
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