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Lathyrus venosus

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Muhlenberg ex Willdenow

Common Names

• Veiny Pea
• Cattle-pea-vine
• Goroshek Zhilkovatyi
• Sochevichnik Zhilkovatyi

Geographical Habitats

• Alberta
• Manitoba
• Ontario
• Quebec
• Saskatchewan - Canada
• Alaska
• Alabama
• Arkansas
• District of Colombia
• Georgia
• Iowa
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Pennsylvania
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Virginia
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin - USA

Natural Habitats

• Riverside
• lakeside
• woodland

Flowering Times

• Apr-Aug (USA)

Fruiting Times

Pubescent perennial trifid tendril vine with climbing or trailing villous 4-angled stems to 1m. Pinnate leaves to 300mm long, 8-14 mucronulate leaflets glabrous above & pubescent beneath to 16mm long. Multiflowered 12-16 flowered racemes of 20mm purple-blue veined flowers, purple corolla, keel petals to 15mm long. Glabrous seed pod to 60mm.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• NYBG
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• USDA
• FOSEUS
• FRM
• Gleason & Moldenke