Duration: Perennial

Nativity: Native

Lifeform: Vine

General: Herbaceous perennial, stems erect or weakly climbing, stems commonly with tendrils at the tips

Leaves: Pinnate, with large stipules

Flowers: Purple or white, in axillary racemes, style hairy along the inner edge

Fruits: Pods dehiscent, narrow, flat, two-valved.

Ecology: Found from 0,000-0,000 ft (1111-1111 m); flowering May-May.

Distribution: not in Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert, part 1 or 2, not in K and P, McDougall, or Utah flora

Synonyms: None

Editor: SBuckley 2010

Etymology: Lathyrus comes from the Greek lathyros, an old name for "pea"