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Lathyrus pusillus

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Elliott

Common Names

• Tiny Pea
• Singletary Vetchling

Geographical Habitats

• Argentina
• S. Brazil
• Canada
• Chile
• Ecuador
• Mexico
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Uruguay
• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Florida
• Kansas
• Louisiana
• Missouri
• Mississippi
• N & S Carolina
• Oklahoma
• Texas
• Virginia - USA

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• moist secondary forest
• waterside

Flowering Times

• Jun
• Sep
• Oct

Fruiting Times

• Sep
• Oct

Prostrate glabrous annual herb subshrub or simple or bifid-tendril climber with with 2-winged climbing stems. Leaves with forked tendrils, 2 leaflets to 50mm long. Axillary solitary 7mm x 5mm light blue flowers or 2-flowered racemes, white keel, glabrous calyx, purple corolla, keel petals to 7mm long. Legume 40mm x 3mm

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• RSNRV
• USDA
• FOSEUS
• ILDIS
• USNH