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Tangier pea

Habit Herbs annual, glabrous.
Stems

broadly winged, climbing, basally branched 1–3 times, 8–20 dm.

Leaves

2–4 cm, rachises winged as the stem;

tendrils well developed;

stipules lanceolate, 15–25 × 5–10 mm, smaller than leaflets;

leaflets 2, blades ovate or obovate to lanceolate, 25–60 × 5–35 mm, surfaces glabrous.

Inflorescences

1–3-flowered, 4–20 cm.

Flowers

20–30 mm;

calyx lobes equal, lateral lobes deltate, usually shorter than tube;

corolla rose-purple, banner erect, blade longer than claw, wings longer than keel;

ovary glabrous, style rotated 90° from ovary axis.

Legumes

70–100 × 8–12 mm, narrowly winged on abaxial suture.

2n

= 14.

Lathyrus tingitanus

Phenology Flowering Apr–May.
Habitat Disturbed areas.
Elevation 0–1200 m. (0–3900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; ID; OR; BC; Europe; intro­duced also in Mexico (Oaxaca); nw Africa; Pacific Islands (Hawaii, New Zealand); Australia [Introduced in North America]
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Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa 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. splendens, L. sulphureus, L. sylvestris, L. torreyi, L. tracyi, L. tuberosus, L. venosus, L. vestitus
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 732. (1753)
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