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Lathyrus biflorus

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Lathyrus biflorus is a rare species of wild pea known by the common name twoflower pea. It is endemic to Humboldt County, California, where it is known only from the Mount Lassic Wilderness. It is a member of the serpentine soils flora. This is a petite perennial herb growing thin, tough, fuzzy stems with leaves each made up of two pairs of small linear leaflets. There are tiny bristlelike tendrils. The inflorescence bears two greenish-white pea flowers each up to a centimeter wide. The fruit is a hairless dehiscent legume pod.

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Family
Fabaceae

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Lathyrus biflorus
Slug
lathyrus-biflorus
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Lathyrus
Species
biflorus
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
28

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