Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Grass-Leaf Peavine, Grassleaf Pea, Grassleaf Peavine
Description
Genus Lathyrus
Annual
or perennial
herb, climbing
or straggling, stem frequently winged
. Leaf mostly paripinnately compound
, rachis ending in a tendril
, rarely in a bristle
or leaflet
, leaflets 2-many or rarely absent, entire; stipules usually large, semisagittate or entire. Inflorescence an axillary
raceme
or solitary. Calyx regular to irregular. Vexillum mostly broad with a short claw
. Wing
free
or coherent to the keel. Stamens diadelphous
9+1 or monadelphous
, vexillary stamen free or connate
with the tube
, anthers
uniform
. Ovary subsessile
or stipitate
, style dorsally
compressed
, linear
to spathulate, pubescent
on the upper side, rarely glabrous
, stigma terminal
or capitate. Fruit compressed, 2-many seeded.
A genus with about 130 species, widely distributed in the northern hemisphere, S. America and Africa.[1]
Physical Description
Habit: Herb • Climbing: Climbing
Flowers: Flower Color: pale yellow
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
)
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
)
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
)
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
)
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
)
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
)
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
(
)
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
)
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
(
)
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Lathyrus palustris var. angustifolius S. Watson • Lathyrus palustris var. graminifolius S. Watson • Lathyrus palustris var. nudicaulis Willk. • Orobus dissitifolius Alef.
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Climbing, Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Perennial
Similar Species
Members of the genus Lathyrus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 177 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
L. angulatus (Angled Pea) · L. annuus (Annual Sweet Pea) · L. annuus red (Annual Yellow Vetchling) · L. aphaca (Ranken Platterbse) · L. aureus (Golden Pea) · L. belinensis (Sweet Pea) · L. biflorus (Two Flowered Lathyrus) · L. bijugatus (Drypark Pea) · L. blepharicarpus (Syrian Vetchling) · L. brachycalyx (Bonneville Pea) · L. brachycalyx brachycalyx (Bonneville Vetchling) · L. chloranthus (Sweet Pea) · L. cicera (Red Pea) · L. cirrhosus (Cirrhose Vetch) · L. clymenum (Jointed Pea (As L Articulatus)) · L. clymenum articulatus (Cicercha Purpurina) · L. delnorticus (Del Norte Pea) · L. eucosmus (Bush Peavine) · L. glandulosus (Redwood Pea) · L. graminifolius (Grass-Leaf Peavine) · L. grandiflorus (Everlasting-Pea) · L. grimesii (Grimes Pea) · L. heterophyllus (Norfolk Everlasting-Pea) · L. hirsutus (Caley Pea) · L. hitchcockianus (Bullfrog Hills Sweetpea) · L. holochlorus (Thin-Leaf Vetchling) · L. inconspicuus (Inconspicuous Pea) · L. japonicus japonicus (Beach Pea) · L. japonicus japonicus var. japonicus (Beach Pea) · L. japonicus maritimus var. maritimus (Beach Pea) · L. japonicus var. parviflorus (Smallflower Beach Pea) · L. japonicus var. pubescens (Downy Beach Pea) · L. jepsonii californicus (Delta Peavine) · L. jepsonii jepsonii (Delta Tule-Pea) · L. lanszwertii aridus (Nevada Pea) · L. lanszwertii aridus var. aridus (Nevada Pea) · L. lanszwertii lanszwertii var. lanszwertii (Lanszwert's Pea) · L. lanszwertii var. leucanthus (Arizona Peavine) · L. latifolius (Broad-Leaf Peavine) · L. latifolius 'Pink Pearl' (Pink Pearl Everlasting Pea) · L. latifolius 'White Pearl' (Everlasting Pea) · L. laxiflorus (Sochevichnik Redkotzvetkovyi) · L. ledebourii (Sochevichnik Promezhutochnyi) · L. leucanthus (Aspen Pea) · L. linifolius (Berg Platterbse) · L. littoralis (Gray Beach Peavine) · L. maritima (Beach Pea) · L. nervosus (Lord Ansons Blue Pea) · L. nevadensis (Sierra Nevada Peavine) · L. nevadensis nevadensis (Sierra Pea) · L. nevadensis var. nuttallii (Sierra Pea) · L. nevadensis var. pilosellus (Sierra Pea) · L. nevadensis var. puniceus (Sierra Pea) · L. niger (Black Pea) · L. niger niger (Black Pea) · L. nissolia (Gras Platterbse) · L. ochroleucus (Common Vetchling) · L. ochrus (Winged Vetchling) · L. odoratus (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'America' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Antique Fantasy Mix' (Antique Fantasy Mix Sweet Pea Lathyrus Odoratus) · L. odoratus 'April in Paris' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Barry Dare' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Beaujolais' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Black Knight' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Blanche Ferry' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Blue Danube' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Blue Reflections' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Blue Ripple' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Blue Velvet' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Bouquet Mix' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Butterfly' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Captain of the Blues' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Charlie's Angel' (Charlie's Angel Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Chatsworth' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Cupani' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Cupid' (Windowbox Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Diamond Wedding' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Dolly Varden' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Dragonfly' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Dreamy Sunset' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Early Mammoth Mixed' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Early Multiflora Mix' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Elizabeth Taylor' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Fantasia Mix' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Flagship' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Flora Norton' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Fragrant Skies' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Galaxy Mix' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Henry Eckford' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'High Scent' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Janet Scott' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Julie Ann' (Sweet Pea 'julie Ann') · L. odoratus 'King Edward Vii' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Knee High' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Lady Grisel Hamilton' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Late Spencer Choice Mix' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Leamington' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Lilac Ripple' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Lizbeth' (Sweet Pea)
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Further Reading
- A Yosemite flora; a descriptive account of the ferns and flowering plants, including the trees, of the Yosemite National Park; with simple keys for their identification. .. by Harvey Monroe Hall and Carlotta Case Hall. San Francisco, Elder, 1912. url p. 147.
- A flora of California, by Willis Linn Jepson. San Francisco, Calif., Cunningham, Curtis & Welch, 1909- url p. 389.
- An illustrated flora of the Pacific States: Washington, Oregon, and California. Stanford University, Stanford University Press, 1923-[60] url p. 622.
- California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 255.
- Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902- url p. 32, p. 43.
- Catalog of hymenoptera in America north of Mexico / prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein. .. [et al.]. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979- url p. 2048.
- Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden. New York: The Garden, 1899- url p. 53.
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 25 1925 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 335, p. 375.
- Field book of western wild flowers, by Margaret Armstrong in collaboration with J.J. Thornber. .. with five hundred illustrations in black and white, and forty-eight plates in color drawn from nature by the author. 1915 London, C. [sic] P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. url p. 588, p. 588.
- Flora of New Mexico / by E.O. Wooton and Paul C. Standley. Washington: G.P.O., 1915. url p. 375.
- Flora of New Mexico. By E.O. Wooton and Paul C. Standley. WashingtonGovt. Print. Off.1915 url p. 375.
- Key to the Rocky Mountain flora; Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and parts of Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, and British Columbia. New York, 1919. url p. 147.
- Muhlenbergia. Chico, Calif. [etc] url p. 114.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 190.
- The Plant world. Baltimore [etc.]Plant World Association [etc.] url p. 283.
- The vegetation of a desert mountain range as conditioned by climatic factors, Washington, D. C., Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1915. url .
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 27, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
- ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 28, 2008)
- USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
- Zarucchi JL, 1993 (from ILDIS).
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Arizona State University, International Institute for Species Exploration: Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-BAJÍO)
- US National Plant Germplasm System: United States National Plant Germplasm System Collection
- USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3874252
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-7310
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1200879-2
- GRIN Nomen Number: 406270
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 25844
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB25080
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: LAGR3
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 45333
Footnotes
- "Lathyrus". in Flora of Pakistan Page 275. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
