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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Fabaceae
Lathyrus venosus Muhl. ex Willd.
forest pea, veiny pea, veiny pea-vine
Lathyrus: from the Greek lathyros, an old name for "pea"
venosus: veined
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | climbing, perennial, 2'-3' long, stout forb with a wingless stem |
| Flower: | purple to red, 5-parted, 3/4" long; inflorescence a dense, stalked cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers; blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | flat, long pod |
| Leaf: | pinnately-divided into 8-12 elliptical leaflets with a tendril at the end; asymmetrical, narrowly arrow-shaped, leaf-like appendages at the base |
| Habitat: | dry, moderate moisture to wet; prairies, woods, streambanks |
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