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Lathyrus palustris
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Lathyrus palustris  L.
marsh pea
Lathyrus palustris, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

It is included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list 2.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere).   7th Edition  /  8th Edition

Communities: Coastal Prairie, Yellow Pine Forest, Northern Coastal Scrub, North Coastal Coniferous Forest, Freshwater Wetlands, wetland-riparian
Habitat: freshwater-marsh, bogs/fens [CNPS Inventory]
Wetlands:Occurs almost always under natural conditions in wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Family: FABACEAE  
Related:See a list of other species in the genus Lathyrus found in California.
Name Status:
Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93
Other Names:
PLANTS: Lathyrus myrtifolius
PLANTS: Lathyrus palustris ssp. pilosus
PLANTS: Lathyrus palustris var. linearifolius
PLANTS: Lathyrus palustris var. macranthus
PLANTS: Lathyrus palustris var. meridionalis
PLANTS: Lathyrus palustris var. myrtifolius
PLANTS: Lathyrus palustris var. pilosus
PLANTS: Lathyrus palustris var. retusus
PLANTS: Orobus myrtifolius




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Distribution by County: See a detailed   Distribution Grid  of this plant in California.
A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH.   Click county name to view records.
    CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.
 Information about  Lathyrus palustris  from other sources:
Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images

website references on Google

USDA PLANTS Profile (LAPA4)

Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX

CNPS Inventory of rare and endangered plants

2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley

Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index

Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)

Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database

    Citation
    Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, based on data contributed by dozens of public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of Calif. Herbaria. [web application]. 2013. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: http://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: May 19, 2013).

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