Garden Pea | Plant Information

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Plant Data

Flowering Months:

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Order:

Fabales

Family:

Fabaceae (Pea)

Also in this family:

Alsike Clover, Birdsfoot, Bird's-foot Trefoil, Bitter Vetchling, Black Medick, Bladder Senna, Broad Bean, Broad-leaved Everlasting Pea, Bush Vetch, Common Broom, Common Gorse, Common Laburnum, Common Restharrow, Common Vetch, Crown Vetch, Dyer's Greenweed, False Acacia, Goat's Rue, Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil, Hairy Tare, Haresfoot Clover, Hop Trefoil, Horseshoe Vetch, Kidney Vetch, Lesser Trefoil, Lucerne, Meadow Vetchling, Narrow-leaved Vetch, Red Clover, Ribbed Melilot, Russell Lupin, Scottish Laburnum, Smooth Tare, Spanish Gorse, Tall Melilot, Tufted Vetch, Western Gorse, White Clover, White Melilot, Zigzag Clover

Type:

Flower

Life Cycle:

Annual

Maximum Size:

2 metres tall

Habitats:

Farmland, gardens, wasteland.

Flower:

Variable in colour, 5 petals

Pea-like flowers which are either white, pink or purple. They appear in clusters of 1 to 3. 10 stamens. Pollinated by bees.

Fruit:

A cylindrical seedpod which produces the seeds (peas). The seeds ripen from July to October.

Leaves:

The unstalked and smooth, hairless leaves are pinnately divided into 1 to 4 pairs of oval, paired leaflets. The leaflets are untoothed and measure up to 6 inches (15cm) long and 1.5 inches (4cm) wide. The leaves each end in a branched tendril. The leaves have round stipules, up to 4 inches (10cm) long. The leaves are alternate along the stems. Garden Pea is an annual climbing garden flower, occasionally escaping into the wild.

Other Names:

Chinese Pea, Chinese Pea Pod, Chinese Snow Pea, Common Pea, Dry Pea, Edible Pod Pea, Edible-podded Pea, English Pea, Field Pea, Green Pea, Pea, Podded Pea, Snow Pea, Sugar Snap Pea.

Frequency (UK):

Occasionally seen