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Elkhorn Slough National Estuarnine Research Reserve
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French Ranch Open Space Preserve
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Common Pacific Pea (Lathyrus vestitus var. vestitus)
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Vine
Flower
White
Pink
Violet
Irregular Petals
Alternate
Compound Leaves
Perennial
Native
Description
EW Bloom Mar - May
Pea flowers are about 3/4" long.
Thin leaf stalks have tendrils at the end, for climbing.
Common in California coastal ranges.
CA native.
Endemic
to the
California Floristic Province
.
AKA Wild Sweetpea, Hillside Pea
Pea Family (Fabaceae)
This vine is easy to spot as it climbs over other shrubs, showing pea flowers of lavender and white.
Leaves are
compound
, made up of 8 - 12 leaflets, and have
tendrils
at the end.
Flowers cluster at the end of the vine. They turn brown and stay on the vine even as they wither.
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Pacific Pea grows almost entirely within a few miles of the California Coast. Also called Hillside Pea, it's common on dry hills, in woodlands and ...
Pacific Pea is a vine with [[compound leaves]]. It's in the Pea Family, with pea-shaped flowers that develop into pea pods. The stems have ridge ...
[[Compound leaves]] have 8-12 leaflets and end with one or more [[tendrils]]. When the tendrils touch something they coil around it, helping the we ...
Tendrils wrap around any available support. Once it makes contact, the base and the tip of the tendril start twisting in opposite directions, causi ...
A pair of leaf-like growths, called stipules, are found where the leaflet meets the stem. They look like pointed wings and grow about half an inch lo ...