Index / Search / Lathyrus polymorphus
§1 Plant
Lathyrus polymorphus Nutt.
vernacular manystem 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 91 counties across 7 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 91 counties across 7 states/territories.
Colorado view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Adams 31001
- Antelope 31003
- Banner 31007
- Box Butte 31013
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Cherry 31031
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Dodge 31053
- Franklin 31061
- Garden 31069
- Hall 31079
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Howard 31093
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Keya Paha 31103
- Kimball 31105
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- Madison 31119
- McPherson 31117
- Merrick 31121
- Morrill 31123
- Pierce 31139
- Platte 31141
- Polk 31143
- Rock 31149
- Sarpy 31153
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Stanton 31167
- Thomas 31171
New Mexico view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 6 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 8 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LAPO2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7275291 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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