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campo pea, pride-of-California

earth-nut pea, earth-nut peavine, tuber vetchling, tuberous pea, tuberous sweetpea

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

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
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
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.)

Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lathyrus Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lathyrus
Sibling taxa
L. angulatus, L. aphaca, L. biflorus, L. brachycalyx, L. brownii, L. cicera, L. decaphyllus, L. delnorticus, L. eucosmus, L. glandulosus, L. graminifolius, L. grimesii, L. hirsutus, L. hitchcockianus, L. holochlorus, L. japonicus, L. jepsonii, L. laetivirens, L. lanszwertii, L. latifolius, L. littoralis, L. nevadensis, L. nissolia, L. ochroleucus, L. odoratus, L. palustris, L. pauciflorus, L. polyphyllus, L. pratensis, L. pusillus, L. rigidus, L. sphaericus, L. sulphureus, L. sylvestris, L. tingitanus, L. torreyi, L. tracyi, L. tuberosus, L. venosus, L. vestitus
L. angulatus, L. aphaca, L. biflorus, L. brachycalyx, L. brownii, L. cicera, L. decaphyllus, L. delnorticus, L. eucosmus, L. glandulosus, L. graminifolius, L. grimesii, L. hirsutus, L. hitchcockianus, L. holochlorus, L. japonicus, L. jepsonii, L. laetivirens, L. lanszwertii, L. latifolius, L. littoralis, L. nevadensis, L. nissolia, L. ochroleucus, L. odoratus, L. palustris, L. pauciflorus, L. polyphyllus, L. pratensis, L. pusillus, L. rigidus, L. sphaericus, L. splendens, L. sulphureus, L. sylvestris, L. tingitanus, L. torreyi, L. tracyi, L. venosus, L. vestitus
Name authority Kellogg: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 7: 90. (1877) Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 732. (1753)
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