| Scientific Name: | Lathyrus odoratus |
| Common Name: | sweet pea |
| Family Name: | Fabaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual, Vine or climber |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Climbing |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Summer interest, Urban agriculture |
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| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Elliptic, Ovate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Purple, Pink, Red, Jun-Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Legume, Green |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems winged and end in tendrils; leaves pinnately compared with two leaflets and a terminal tendril, which twines around supporting plants and structures; flowers highly fragrant and now come in many colours, 2-3.5cm wide. | |