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Lathyrus latifolius L.

Common Name: PERENNIAL PEA, EVERLASTING PEA
Coefficient of Conservatism: *
Coefficient of Wetness: 5
Wetness Index: UPL
Physiognomy: Ad P-Vine

Roadsides, vacant lots, hillsides, railroad beds, and other disturbed places, especially near areas of human activity; a very showy European species locally well established as an escape from cultivation and first collected in 1897 in Washtenaw Co.

The leaflets are ± elliptic to ovate-lanceolate.

B. S. Walters

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Counties
Alcona
Allegan
Alpena
Antrim
Baraga
Benzie
Berrien
Calhoun
Cass
Cass or Van Buren
Charlevoix
Cheboygan
Clinton
Emmet
Genesee
Gogebic
Grand Traverse
Hillsdale
Houghton
Isabella
Kalamazoo
Kalkaska
Kent
Keweenaw
Lake
Leelanau
Lenawee
Livingston
Mackinac
Marquette
Mason
Montmorency
Newaygo
Oakland
Oceana
Ontonagon
Otsego
Ottawa
Saginaw
Sanilac
Schoolcraft
Van Buren
Washtenaw
Wayne

Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. March, 17, 2025
https://lsa-miflora-p.lsait.lsa.umich.edu/#/record/1308