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Lathyrus littoralis

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Fabaceae

Genus
  
Lathyrus

Higher classification
  
Lathyrus

Order
  
Fabales

Subfamily
  
Faboideae

Scientific name
  
Lathyrus littoralis

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Lathyrus, Lathyrus polyphyllus, Lathyrus lanszwertii, Lathyrus nevadensis, Lathyrus splendens

Lathyrus littoralis is a species of wild pea known by the common name silky beach pea. It is native to the coastline of western North America from British Columbia to California. It is a resident of beaches and dunes.

This is a perennial herb which grows a patch of hairy gray-green stems along the sandy ground or slightly upright. The woolly leaves are made up of several oval or oblong scoop-shaped leaflets. There are small, tough tendrils but the plant does not use them to climb. The plant produces dense inflorescences of several flowers each one to two centimeters wide. Each flower is bicolored in dark-veined deep pink and white. The fruit is a dehiscent oval-shaped hairy legume pod.

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Lathyrus littoralis Wikipedia