Biology:Lathyrus pauciflorus
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Short description: Species of legume
| Lathyrus pauciflorus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Lathyrus |
| Species: | L. pauciflorus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lathyrus pauciflorus Fernald
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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]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Burke Herbarium Image Collection| https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Lathyrus%20pauciflorus | accessdate = 22 May 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hitchcock and Cronquist, Flora of the Pacific Northwest, 1973
- ↑ Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) (in en). Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. pp. 106. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25708726.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q12841308 entry
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