Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lathyrus sylvestris
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lathyrus sylvestris
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lathyrus sylvestris
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lathyrus sylvestris
COMMON NAME:
Perennial Pea, Narrowleaf Everlasting Pea, Flat Peavine
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_lathyrus_sylvestris_2
May Murray County GA
Leaflets average much longer and narrower than those of L. latifolius, per MichiganFlora.net.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_lathyrus_sylvestris
August Murray County GA
Stems glabrate; corolla 13-30mm long; leaflets 6-15x long as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lathyrus sylvestris
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lathyrus sylvestris
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lathyrus sylvestris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lathyrus sylvestris
3734
Herbaceous vine; Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Cultivated, and occasionally persisting, and more rarely naturalizing, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 2 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Purplish-pink
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate-to-somewhat-turbinate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Legume
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