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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Fabaceae
Lathyrus latifolius L.
everlasting pea, perennial pea-vine
Lathyrus: from the Greek lathyros, an old name for "pea"
latifolius: Latin for "wide to broad leaves"
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Introduced - escaped; potentially invasive |
| Plant: | trailing or climbing, perennial, up to 6' long forb; stems broadly winged, numerous tendrils; from rhizomes |
| Flower: | white to purplish-red, 5-parted, 1/2"-1" long; inflorescence a long-stalked cluster (raceme) of 4-10 stalked flowers; blooms June-Aug. |
| Fruit: | long, narrow, smooth pod with 10-15 seeds |
| Leaf: | 2 leaflets on broadly-winged stalks; oval to lance-shaped, symmetrical leaf-like appendages at the base |
| Habitat: | roadsides, railroads, fencerows, fields |
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