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Flat Pea - Lathyrus sylvestris
Other Names:
Flat Peavine, Narrow-leaved Everlasting-pea
General Description
Rhizomatous. Stems winged, climbing, 6–20 cm. Leaves with 2 lanceolate leaflets, 5–12 cm long; rachis prolonged into a tendril; stipules lanceolate, 1–3 cm long. Flowers red (drying blue); calyx tube 4–5 mm long; sepals unequal, shorter than the tube; banner ca. 15 mm long. Legume 4–6 cm long (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Range Comments
Ravalli and Sanders counties. Introduced as an ornamental, escaped throughout U.S.; native to Europe (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 5
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Habitat
Ecology
POLLINATORS The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap:
Bombus appositus,
Bombus fervidus,
Bombus flavifrons,
Bombus sitkensis, and
Bombus occidentalis (Thorp et al. 1983, Colla and Dumesh 2010, Koch et al. 2012).
Management
References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
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Colla, S.R. and S. Dumesh. 2010. The bumble bees of southern Ontario: notes on natural history and distribution. Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario 141:39-68.- Koch, J., J. Strange, and P. Williams. 2012. Bumble bees of the western United States. Washington, DC: USDA Forest Service, Pollinator Partnership. 143 p.
- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
- Thorp, R.W., D.S. Horning, and L.L. Dunning. 1983. Bumble bees and cuckoo bumble bees of California (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 23:1-79.
- Additional ReferencesLegend: View Online Publication
Do you know of a citation we're missing?- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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