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Snub pea

Lathyrus sulphureus

Also called Sulphur Pea, Sulfur Pea

Snub pea
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Climber
Native range
Oregon to California
Climate
temperate

About

Lathyrus sulphureus is a species of wild pea known by the common names snub pea and sulphur pea.

It is native to the mountains of northern California and Oregon, where it grows in forest and woodland.

Where it grows

The redwood pea is native to both California and Oregon in the western US. In California it grows as far south as the Central Valley and the nearby foothills of the Sierra Nevada.

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 sulphureus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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