Habit: Perennial herb, glabrous or puberulent. Stem: generally climbing, angled or flanged, not winged. Leaf: stipules generally small, occasionally wide, wavy-margined; leaflets generally 6--8, 2--4 cm, linear to widely ovate; tendril coiled. Inflorescence: 4--6-flowered, open. Flower: calyx tube +- = lower lobe, > others; corolla 25--35 mm, wine-red to crimson, banner reflexed 120--180°; ovary glandular-puberulent. Fruit: glabrous. Chromosomes: 2n=14.
Citation for this treatment: Kelly Steele & Duane Isely 2012, Lathyrus splendens, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=30339, accessed on April 22, 2019.
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