| Scientific Name: | Lathyrus latifolius |
| Common Name: | perennial pea, everlasting pea |
| Family Name: | Fabaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial, Vine or climber, Weed (horticultural) |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Climbing |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Erosion control, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Elliptic, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Purple, Pink, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Legume, Red, Brown, Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems winged, hairless, and end in tendrils; leaves pinnately compound with a winged petiole, a single pair of leaflets, most ovate-elliptic, 5-10 cm long x 2-5cm wide, branched tendrils; flowers non-fragrant, white, pink, or purple, 2.5cm wide, 6-11 per raceme; legumes flattened, toxic. | |