BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
SPECIES: Lathyrus bijugatus | Pinewoods Sweetpea 



GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS : 
Pinewoods sweetpea is a native perennial legume.  It has slender
rhizomes and grows 8 to 12 inches (10-13 cm) tall.  The leaflets are 1
to 6 inches (2-15 cm) long; the tendrils are bristlelike.  The
bluish-pink flowers are approximately 0.5 inch (10-13 mm) across.  The
pod is 1 to 1.5 inches (3-4 cm) long and contains 7 to 12 seeds [5].
Pinewoods sweetpea is a nitrogen fixer [2].


RAUNKIAER LIFE FORM : 
   Hemicryptophyte


REGENERATION PROCESSES : 
Pinewoods sweetpea reproduces by both sexual and vegetative means [2].


SITE CHARACTERISTICS : 
Pinewoods sweetpea grows in open ponderosa pine (Pinus
ponderosa)-western larch (Larix occidentalis) forests at low elevations
in foothills and open parks under trees [5,7].


SUCCESSIONAL STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT : 
Pinewoods sweetpea flowers from May through July [5].

Related categories for Species: Lathyrus bijugatus | Pinewoods Sweetpea