Lathyrus jepsonii var. californicus

California tule pea

Family: Fabaceae · Type: perennial · Native

California tule pea is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, Cascade Range, northern Sierra Nevada, Central Valley, Central Western California, and southern Coast Ranges in forest and open areas at elevations below 1,500 meters. Flowering from April to August, this plant produces small flowers with colors not specified in the source data. Growing with slender stems less than 2.5 meters tall that are generally puberulent and occasionally glabrous, it has a delicate, climbing habit characteristic of pea species. Its leaves are compound with multiple leaflets, typical of the Lathyrus genus, supporting the plant's climbing growth pattern. As a member of the pea family, it likely produces small legume-type seed pods, though specific fruit details were not provided in the source description.

Habitat: Forest, open areas

Bloom period: Apr-Aug

Elevation: < 1500 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoR, CaR, n SN, GV, CW, SCoRO.

California counties: San Benito, Trinity, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Tuolumne, Sacramento, El Dorado, Merced, Tehama, Lake, Yolo, Butte, San Mateo, Sutter, Colusa, Glenn, Nevada, Solano, Mendocino, San Joaquin, Fresno, Monterey, Plumas, Placer, Tulare, Del Norte, Madera, Humboldt, San Luis Obispo, Calaveras, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Alameda, Amador, Stanislaus, Napa

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.