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Early Everlasting Pea

Lathyrus undulatus

Early Everlasting Pea
Photo: Berat Akdemir, CC BY-SA 4.0

Lathyrus undulatus, the wavy or early everlasting pea, is a perennial climbing pea from northwest Türkiye and Crimea, grown mainly as an ornamental for its pink flowers. Key to success is full sun and well-drained soil, as it dislikes wet roots.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, neutral to slightly alkaline garden soil; tolerates average soil.
Temperature
10–25 °C; hardy to about -15 °C once established
How easy
Easy
Native range
NW. Türkiye
Climate
temperate

About

Lathyrus undulatus, also known as wavy pea, is a flowering plant in the genus Lathyrus, which is in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Turkey, specifically the northwest slopes of Trabzon, Rize, Bolu, Bursa, Sakarya; as well as Crimea, specifically the southern slopes of Nikita Yayla. Its Turkish name is Istanbul Nazendesi.

Lathyrus undulatus is a perennial plant, growing to a height of 50–100 cm (3 ft 3 in–6 ft 7 in) under suitable living conditions. It lives in temperate climates. In the wild, the flowers are pink and around 1–2 cm long. Its seeds are dark, its flowers bloom in May, and it bears fruits from June to July.

Other Lathyrus plants

Lathyrus alpestris · Angled pea · Annual vetchling · Yellow pea · Golden Pea · Belin Sweet Pea · Twoflower pea · Lathyrus lanszwertii var. bijugatus · Red pea · Cicercha purpurina · Dark Blue Vetchling · China Davida

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lathyrus undulatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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