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.