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Common Name: Caley Pea, Singletary Pea
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lathyrus hirsutus FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lathyrus hirsutus FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lathyrus hirsutus 098-38-001 FAMILY: Fabaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, fields, disturbed areas
Common in Piedmont (common to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Everlasting Pea, Perennial Sweet Pea
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lathyrus latifolius FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lathyrus latifolius FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lathyrus latifolius 098-38-003 FAMILY: Fabaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, fencerows, disturbed areas
Common (uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Wood Pea, Forest Pea, Bush Vetch, Veiny Pea
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lathyrus venosus FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lathyrus venosus FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lathyrus venosus 098-38-004 FAMILY: Fabaceae
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
Uncommon in NC, rare in GA & SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sweet Pea
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lathyrus odoratus FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lathyrus odoratus FAMILY: Fabaceae
Habitat: Cultivated, and occasionally persisting
Waif(s)
Non-native: southern Europe
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Common Name:
Perennial Pea, Narrowleaf Everlasting Pea, Flat Peavine
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lathyrus sylvestris FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lathyrus sylvestris FAMILY: Fabaceae
Habitat: Cultivated, and occasionally persisting, and more rarely naturalizing
Waif(s)
Non-native: Europe
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