Lathyrus splendens
campo pea, pride-of-California
angled, sprawling, basally branched 0–3 times, 4–30 dm.
5–8 cm;
tendrils well developed;
stipules lanceolate to linear, 10–20 × 2–8 mm, much smaller than leaflets;
leaflets 6–10, scattered, blades ovate to linear, 20–40 × 3–15 mm, surfaces glabrous throughout or sparsely pubescent abaxially.
6–10-flowered, 4–16 cm.
25–30 mm;
calyx lobes unequal, lateral lobes deltate, shorter than tube;
corolla deep wine red, banner reflexed against calyx tube, blade much longer than claw, wings equal to keel;
ovary glandular-pubescent.
50–80 × 5–9 mm.
= 14.
Lathyrus splendens
Morphological similarities between Lathyrus splendens and L. vestitus var. alefeldii (R. V. Bradshaw 1925; C. L. Hitchcock 1952) are such that these two taxa might be considered a parent-offspring species pair worthy of an evolutionary study of factors involved in their origin. Lathyrus splendens is known from the South Coast and Peninsular Ranges.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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