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Lathyrus sylvestris L.

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

Roadsides, fields, fencerows, and disturbed ground; occasionally invading open forests. A European species, locally well established and first collected in 1920 in Charlevoix Co.

The leaflets are lanceolate to narrowly elliptic-linear, and average much longer and narrower than in L. latifolius.

R. W. Smith

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Counties
Alger
Benzie
Charlevoix
Cheboygan
Crawford
Emmet
Gogebic
Grand Traverse
Huron
Ingham
Isabella
Kalkaska
Keweenaw
Lake
Lapeer
Leelanau
Mason
Monroe
Ogemaw
Ontonagon

Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. March, 28, 2025
https://lsa-miflora-p.lsait.lsa.umich.edu/#/record/1313