Lathyrus tingitanus |
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Tangier pea |
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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 |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–May. |
Habitat | Disturbed areas. |
Elevation | 0–1200 m. (0–3900 ft.) |
Distribution |
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 |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 732. (1753) |
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