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Nevada pea

Lathyrus lanszwertii

Also called Lanszwert's Vetchling, Nevada Sweet Pea

Nevada pea
Photo: Utahwildflowers at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0

Nevada pea is a tender perennial climbing vine native to western North America, grown for its lavender, fuchsia or white pea flowers. It is a dry-climate native that needs good drainage and sun.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently and let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil; tolerates poor soil.
Temperature
15–27 °C; tender to frost, protect below 0 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SW. Canada to N. Mexico
Climate
temperate

About

Lathyrus lanszwertii is a species of sweet pea known by the common names Nevada sweet pea or peavine. It is found in western North America from California to Texas to British Columbia. It is a tender vining perennial which bears lavender, fuchsia, or white pea flowers, and pods containing inedible peas.

There is much variation among individuals of this species, and there are several distinct varieties:

Other Lathyrus plants

Lathyrus alpestris · Angled pea · Annual vetchling · Yellow pea · Golden Pea · Belin Sweet Pea · Twoflower pea · Lathyrus lanszwertii var. bijugatus · Red pea · Cicercha purpurina · Dark Blue Vetchling · China Davida

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lathyrus lanszwertii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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