Lathyrus lanszwertii

Nevada pea

Family: Fabaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Nevada pea is a California native perennial found in the Great Basin and Sierra Nevada Mountains in alpine meadows and rocky slopes at elevations of 1,500 to 2,500 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces purple to lavender flowers with delicate petals approximately 7 to 16 millimeters long. Growing with slender, angled stems that are sometimes slightly flanged, it develops climbing or trailing habit up to 50 centimeters tall. Its leaves feature 4 to 10 opposite leaflets measuring 1.5 to 8 centimeters long, with small narrow stipules and a branched tendril that can be coiled or appear as a bristle. The plant produces smooth, glabrous fruit pods characteristic of the pea family.

California counties: Modoc, Trinity, El Dorado, Tuolumne, Siskiyou, Plumas, Sierra, Mariposa

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