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"