North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Fabaceae>Lathyrus
	Everlasting Pea, Perennial Sweet Pea (Lathyrus latifolius) Watauga Co., NC 27 July 2006 Introduced from Europe, this invasive species is common and widespread throughout NC in disturbed areas such as fields, roadsides, etc.
	Everlasting Pea, Perennial Sweet Pea (Lathyrus latifolius) Watauga Co., NC 27 July 2006 Note the strongly winged stems.
	Everlasting Pea, Perennial Sweet Pea (Lathyrus latifolius) Watauga Co., NC 27 July 2006

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.