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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lathyrus latifolius
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lathyrus latifolius
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lathyrus latifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lathyrus latifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-38-003:
Lathyrus latifolius FAMILY Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Everlasting Pea, Perennial Sweet Pea
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JK Marlow jkm0405za_10
May Greenville County SC
Field
Stems with wings 1-3mm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm0405za_12
May Greenville County SC
Field
Petioles broadly winged, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow s040530_a
May Greenville County SC
Churchyard or cemetery
Stipules 4-10 mm wide; leaflets 2-5x long as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow s040530_b
May Greenville County SC
Churchyard or cemetery
Leaves consist of 2 lanceolate leaflets and a branched terminal tendril, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm0407w_28
July Greenville County SC
Roadside
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_latifolius_8
August Floyd County GA
Flowers in clusters of 4-10 flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120920_058
September Washington County VA
Virginia Creeper Trail
A standard (upper petal), 2 wings (lateral petals), & keel (2 lower petals), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm120920_063
September Washington County VA
Virginia Creeper Trail
Stems broadly winged, decumbent or high climbing, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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JK Marlow jkm120920_066
September Washington County VA
Virginia Creeper Trail
Calyx glabrous, tube campanulate, lobes lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lathyrus latifolius
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lathyrus latifolius
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lathyrus latifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lathyrus latifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-38-003:
Lathyrus latifolius
FAMILY
Fabaceae
798
Herbaceous vine; Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Roadsides, fencerows, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common (uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare in GA Coastal Plain)
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LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 2 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!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p387
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p114
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p339
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p038
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p196
- 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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