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Lathyrus rigidus
About
Lathyrus rigidus is a species of wild pea known by the common name stiff pea. It is native to the Modoc Plateau and surrounding areas in the western United States from northeastern California to Idaho. It is a plant of the sagebrush scrub and other habitat in the region. This is a perennial herb forming a clump of short, erect stems. The leaves are made up of several pairs of leaflets 1 to 3 centimeters long each. The inflorescence is a dense raceme of two to five white or pink pea flowers, each roughly 2 cm (0.8 in) long. The fruit is a hairless legume pod.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Lathyrus rigidus
- Slug
- lathyrus-rigidus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lathyrus
- Species
- rigidus
- Wikidata QID
- Q6496009
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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