Pisum sativumL. Garden Pea

Pisum sativumL. - Garden Pea

Scientific Description:

Glabrous, glaucous annual, stems 10−200 cm, often climbing. Leaflets 1−4-paired, entire or dentate; stipules 1.5−8 cm long, obliquely ovate, dentate at least below, rounded and semi-amplexicaul at base; tendrils branched. Peduncle 1/4−4 × as long as the stipules, 1−3-flowered, with or without a short awn, usually larger than the leaflets. Flowers 16−30 mm, with a broad lilac standard and darker reddish-purple wings, or flowers white. Calyx 8−15(−20) mm; teeth subequal, longer than tube, ovate-lanceolate, ± acuminate, herbaceous. Legume oblong-linear or linear, 40−70(−150) × 7−17(−30) mm; seeds 3−10, at least 5 mm diam., testa densely papillose, or smooth or wrinkled.

 

subsp. elatius (M.Bieb.) Asch. & Graebn.

Seeds densely papillose; peduncles 1/2−4 × as long as stipules; flowers bicoloured; legumes 7−12 mm broad (wild)

 

var. elatius

Peduncles 1−2(−3)-flowered, 2−4 × as long as stipules; leaflets (2−)3−4-paired; stems 60−200 cm; flowers (20−)25−30 mm.

 

Flowering time: April−May(June).

Habitat: Rocky or grassy slopes, ruins, field margins, s.l.−1700 m.

 

Reference:

Davis PH (1970). Pisum sativum L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 3: 370.

Public Description:

Pisum sativum, known as the “garden or green pea”, originally from the Mediterraean basin and Near East, but now widely grown for its seedpod or legume. It is an annual plant with lilac, purple or white flowers, and grows up to 200 cm in length. It blooms between April and May, and is found in rocky or grassy slopes, ruins and field margins. Pea contains high amounts of fiber, protein, vitamins (folic acid and vitamin C), minerals (iron, magnesium, phosphorus and zinc), and lutein (a yellow carotenoid pigment that helps to see).

 

References:

Anonymous (2018). http://eol.org/pages/703192/overview, Accessed date: 25.03.2018.

Keskin M (2012). Pisum L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 485.