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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lathyrus odoratus
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lathyrus odoratus
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lathyrus odoratus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lathyrus odoratus
COMMON NAME:
Sweet Pea
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JK Marlow jkm0406a_17
June York County SC
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
['Cupani'] Similar to L. latifolius, but has very few flowers per raceme, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lathyrus odoratus
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lathyrus odoratus
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lathyrus odoratus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lathyrus odoratus
799
Herbaceous vine; Forb
Annual
Habitat: Cultivated, and occasionally persisting, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: southern Europe
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 2 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Purplish-red/ Purple
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
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