| Scientific Name: | Pisum sativum |
| Common Name: | garden pea |
| Family Name: | Fabaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (true), Vine or climber |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Pendulous |
| Form: | Climbing |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Opposite, Sessile, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Odd-pinnate, Leaflets stalked, Elliptic, Ovate, Reniform, Entire, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Flowers paired, White, Violet, Purple, Pink, Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Legume, Green, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Fast growing annual vine; stipules large and leaf-like surround the stem; leaves opposite, compound 10-20cm long, leaflets broadly ovate to elliptical to reniform, 2-7cm long x 1-3cm wide, margin entire or less commonly toothed, some leaflets develop into tendrils instead; flowers with large butterfly-like petals; legume containing mostly 6-11 seeds in a row, flattened when young but becoming roundish later. | |