Chaparral Sweet Pea, Lathyrus vestitus

Caspers Wilderness Park, San Juan Capistrano, Orange Co., CA. 3-29-08. © Joan Avise	Pacific Pea (Chaparral Sweet Pea) Lathyrus vestitus Color can vary from white to deep purple, and the plants with flowers of different color are sometimes assigned to different subspecies. Indistinguishable from the garden pea (Pisum sativum) except that Pisum stems and petioles are round while Lathyrus has winged petioles with longitudinal ridges. Back to Fabaceae of Orange County, California Back to Eudicots of Orange County, California Back to Natural History of Orange County, California
Legume; Nix Nature Center, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 3-28-09. © Joan Avise	Legumes; Nix Nature Center, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 3-28-09. © Joan Avise
Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, Orange Co., CA. 3-22-08. © Joan Avise	Caspers Wilderness Park, San Juan Capistrano, Orange Co., CA. 3-29-08. © Joan Avise
Caspers Wilderness Park, San Juan Capistrano, Orange Co., CA. 3-29-08. © Joan Avise	Climbs 3-10'; Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, Orange Co., CA. 3-21-09. © Joan Avise
Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, Orange Co., CA. 3-21-09. © Joan Avise	Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, Orange Co., CA. 3-21-09. © Joan Avise
O'Neill Regional Park, Trabuco Cyn., Orange Co., CA. 4-11-10. © Joan Avise	Holy Jim Canyon, Trabuco Canyon, Cleveland National Forest, Orange County, CA. 3/23/13. © Peter J. Bryant.
Var. alefeldii. El Moro Canyon, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 1-10-13. © Ron Vanderhoff.	Var. alefeldii. Mesa de Burro, Santa Rosa Plateau, Riverside County, CA. 3-28-10. © Ron Vanderhoff.
Var. alefeldii. El Moro Canyon, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 1-10-13. © Ron Vanderhoff.	Var. alefeldii. El Moro Canyon, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 1-10-13. © Ron Vanderhoff.