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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lathyrus venosus
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lathyrus venosus
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lathyrus venosus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lathyrus venosus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-38-004:
Lathyrus venosus FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lathyrus venosus
COMMON NAME:
Wood Pea, Forest Pea, Bush Vetch, Veiny Pea
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lave_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140519_003
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140519_009
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140519_027
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140519_036
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140519_985
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140519_985b
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Dense racemes of 10-20 pea-like flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm140519_987
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4313
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Has a 4-angled (but not winged) stem, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4314
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Stem terminated by a branched tendril, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lathyrus venosus
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lathyrus venosus
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lathyrus venosus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lathyrus venosus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-38-004:
Lathyrus venosus
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lathyrus venosus
3260
Herbaceous vine; Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry to mesic slope and bottomlands forests and woodlands, rocky bars and outcrops along rivers, somewhat (but not at all strictly) associated with base-rich soils, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC, rare in GA & SC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: (8)10-12(14) leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Purplish
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate-to-somewhat-turbinate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p134
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p171
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p076
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