Lathyrus biflorus

{{Short description|Species of legume}} {{speciesbox |taxon = Lathyrus biflorus |authority = T.W.Nelson & J.P.Nelson | status = G1 | status_system = TNC | status_ref = <ref name="TNC status 14 may 2022">{{cite web | url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.154912 | title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 }}</ref> }}

'''''Lathyrus biflorus''''' is a rare species of wild pea known by the common name '''twoflower pea'''. It is endemic to Humboldt County, California, where it is known only from the Mount Lassic Wilderness. It is a member of the serpentine soils flora. This is a petite perennial herb growing thin, tough, fuzzy stems with leaves each made up of two pairs of small linear leaflets. There are tiny bristlelike tendrils. The inflorescence bears two greenish-white pea flowers each up to a centimeter wide. The fruit is a hairless dehiscent legume pod.

==Further reading== *{{cite journal | doi = 10.2307/2805963 | last1 = Nelson | first1 = T. W. | last2 = Nelson | first2 = J. P. | year = 1983 | title = Two new species of Leguminosae from serpentine of Humboldt County, California| journal = Brittonia | volume = 35 | issue = 2| pages = 180–3 | jstor = 2805963 | bibcode = 1983Britt..35..180N | s2cid = 85054975 }}

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==External links== *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3691,3922,3925 Jepson Manual Treatment] *[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LABI3 USDA Plants Profile] *[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Lathyrus+biflorus Photo gallery] *[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Lathyrus+biflorus Plant Profile and Photo]

biflorus Category:Endemic flora of California Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Category:Natural history of Humboldt County, California Category:Plants described in 1983 Category:Critically endangered flora of California