Lathyrus splendens |
Lathyrus tuberosus |
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campo pea, pride-of-California |
earth-nut pea, earth-nut peavine, tuber vetchling, tuberous pea, tuberous sweetpea |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, from rhizome, glabrate. | Herbs perennial, from tuber-bearing rhizome, glabrous. |
Stems | angled, sprawling, basally branched 0–3 times, 4–30 dm. |
not winged, sprawling, branched along trailing stems several times, 2–6 dm. |
Leaves | 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. |
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 | 6–10-flowered, 4–16 cm. |
4–6-flowered, 6–15 cm. |
Flowers | 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. |
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 | 50–80 × 5–9 mm. |
20–30(–40) × 3–6 mm. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Lathyrus splendens |
Lathyrus tuberosus |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–May. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Chaparral. | Roadsides, meadows, fields. |
Elevation | 50–1500 m. (200–4900 ft.) | 50–100 m. (200–300 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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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 | 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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Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lathyrus | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lathyrus |
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Name authority | Kellogg: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 7: 90. (1877) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 732. (1753) |
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