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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Lathyrus |
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L. pauciflorus
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Lathyrus pauciflorus | |
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Lathyrus pauciflorus, known by the common name of few flowered peavine,[3] is a perennial plant species in the Fabaceae family.[4]
The flowers are blue to purple, blooming early in spring,[5] usually growing to at least 18 millimeters. The leaves are mostly greater than 3 centimeters. The keel is 2–4 mm shorter than the wing petals.[4]
This plant grows at lower elevations from sagebrush deserttoPonderosa pine forests east of the Cascade crest in Washington, Washington to California and east to Idaho and Arizona.[3][4]
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