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Pacific Pea
( Lathyrus vestitus )
Lathyrus vestitus
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About Pacific Pea (Lathyrus vestitus)
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Lathyrus vestitus
is a species of wild pea known by the common name Pacific pea. It is native to western North America, where it is mostly found in the forests, woodlands, and chaparral of California. The ranges of some subspecies extend into Oregon and Baja California. This is a perennial pea vine which varies in appearance across subspecies. Leaves are made up of several leaflets of various shapes up to 4 or 5 centimeters long. The leaves usually bear coiling tendrils and the stipules may be large or small. The flower cluster is a showy array of up to 15 pea flowers, sometimes densely packed together, and usually some shade of bright violet, or light to medium purple, or white.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Perennial herb
Size
4 ft tall
Dormancy
Evergreen
Flower Color
Pink, White
Flowering Season
Winter, Spring
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 1
confirmed
, 23
likely
* )
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Chionodes braunella
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Glaucopsyche lygdamus
*
Silver-Spotted Skipper
Epargyreus clarus
Epargyreus clarus
*
Marine Blue
Leptotes marina
Leptotes marina
*
Clouded Sulphur
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Colias philodice
*
Queen Alexandra's Sulphur
Colias alexandra
Colias alexandra
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture
Very Low, Low
Nurseries
Carried by 7
Soil Drainage
Fast, Medium, Slow
Soil Description
Tolerates sandy or clay loam
Propagation
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For propagating by seed: No treatment.
Natural Setting
Site Type
Slopes, climbing through other plants
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 5.6" - 120.7", Summer Precipitation: 0.14" - 4.19", Coldest Month: 21.9" - 57.6", Hottest Month: 53.1" - 86.2", Humidity: 0.01" - 37.09", Elevation: -65" - 8613"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: Bolander's Pea, Common Pacific Pea
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Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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