Lathyrus pauciflorus
Lathyrus pauciflorus, known by the common name of few flowered peavine,[1] is a perennial plant species in the Fabaceae family. [2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Lathyrus |
| Species: | L. pauciflorus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lathyrus pauciflorus Fernald | |
Description
Blue to purple colored flowers mostly at least 18mm, leaves mostly greater than 3 cm. Keel is 2-4mm shorter than the wing petals.[2]
Lathyrus pauciflorus 9730
Distribution
This plant grows at lower elevations from sagebrush desert to Ponderosa pine forests east of the Cascade crest in Washington State, Washington to California and east to Idaho and Arizona. [1][2]
References
- Burke Herbarium Image Collection| https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Lathyrus%20pauciflorus | accessdate = 22 May 2021
- Hitchcock and Cronquist, Flora of the Pacific Northwest, 1973
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