Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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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.

Plant type

Perennial herb

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Color

Yellow, White, Green

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 4 likely

Confirmed Likely

Cerulean Looper Moth

Caenurgina caerulea

Orange Sulphur

Colias eurytheme

Western Sulphur

Colias occidentalis

Clouded Sulphur

Colias philodice