Lathyrus japonicus

Lathyrus japonicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Lathyrus
Species:
L. japonicus
Binomial name
Lathyrus japonicus
Synonyms[1]
  • Lathyrus aleuticus (Greene) Pobed.
  • Lathyrus californicus Douglas
  • Lathyrus hultenii J.Rousseau & Raymond
  • Lathyrus maritimus (L.) Fr.
  • Lathyrus maritimus Bigelow
  • Lathyrus pisiformis Hook.
  • Lathyrus venosus Sweet
  • Orobus californicus (Douglas) Alef.
  • Orobus maritimus (L.) Rchb.
  • Pisum maritimum L.
  • Pisum pubescens Hartm.

Lathyrus japonicus, the sea pea, beach pea, circumpolar pea or sea vetchling, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, native to temperate coastal areas of the Northern Hemisphere, and Argentina.

It is a herbaceous perennial growing trailing stems 50–80 cm (20–31 in) long, typically on sand and gravel storm beaches. The leaves are waxy glaucous green, 5–10 cm (2.0–3.9 in) long, pinnate, with 2-5 pairs of leaflets, the terminal leaflet usually replaced by a twining tendril. The flowers are broad, with a dark purple standard petal and paler purple wing and keel petals; they are produced in racemes of up to twelve flowers.

  1. ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 7 March 2015.