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Lathyrus nevadensis (Sierra pea or purple peavine) is a perennial herb with erect to climbing stems, native to the forests and clearings of western North America from British Columbia to northern California and as far east as Idaho. The Lathyrus nevadensis plant is a trailer or weak climber vine, supported by tendrils, growing to 1. 0 m-3 feet tall. The leaves are pinnate, with 4 to 10 leaflets and a straight, unbranched tendrils at the apex of the petiole. Its flowers are hermaphroditic, pollinated by bees. The plant can also spread vegetatively from creeping rhizomes.
Perennial herb
3 ft Tall
Pink, Purple, Lavender, White
Red Fir Forest, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 20 likely
Cerulean Looper Moth
Caenurgina caerulea
Soybean Looper Moth
Chrysodeixis includens
Queen Alexandra's Sulphur
Colias alexandra
Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme