Lathyrus pauciflorus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Lathyrus
Species:
L. pauciflorus
Binomial name
Lathyrus pauciflorus
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Lathyrus pauciflorus, known by the common name of few flowered peavine,[1] is a perennial plant species in the Fabaceae family.[2]

Description

The flowers are blue to purple, blooming early in spring,[3] usually growing to at least 18 millimeters. The leaves are mostly greater than 3 centimeters. The keel is 2–4 mm shorter than the wing petals.[2]

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Distribution

This plant grows at lower elevations from sagebrush desert to Ponderosa pine forests east of the Cascade crest in Washington, Washington to California and east to Idaho and Arizona.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 Burke Herbarium Image Collection| https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Lathyrus%20pauciflorus | accessdate = 22 May 2021
  2. 1 2 3 Hitchcock and Cronquist, Flora of the Pacific Northwest, 1973
  3. Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) [1992]. Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. p. 106. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726.


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