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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Lathyrus venosus var. venosus
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lathyrus venosus
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 11 (2023)
Lathyrus venosus var. venosus
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lathyrus venosus
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-38-004:
Lathyrus venosus FAMILY Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lathyrus venosus
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Forest Pea, Veiny Pea, Wood Pea, Bush Vetch
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lave_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140519_003
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140519_009
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140519_027
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140519_036
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140519_985
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140519_985b
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Dense racemes of 10-20 pea-like flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm240502_8874
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm240502_8875
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm240502_8876
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4313
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Has a 4-angled (but not winged) stem, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4314
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Stem terminated by a branched tendril, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Lathyrus venosus var. venosus
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lathyrus venosus
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 11
Lathyrus venosus var. venosus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lathyrus venosus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-38-004:
Lathyrus venosus
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lathyrus venosus
3260
Herbaceous vine; Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry to mesic slope and bottomlands forests and woodlands, rocky bars and outcrops along rivers, somewhat (but not at all strictly) associated with base-rich soils, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: (8)10-12(14) leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Purplish
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate-to-somewhat-turbinate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p134
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p171
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p076
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