Index / Search / Lathyrus palustris
§1 Plant
Lathyrus palustris L.
vernacular marsh pea — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Lathyrus
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 134 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 134 counties across 16 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 16 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Bronx 36005
- Cayuga 36011
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Schoharie 36095
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LAPA4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5356412 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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