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Pisum
Also called Peavine, Sweet Pea, Vetchling, Wild Pea, Peas, Peavine, Vetchling, Peavines
Pisum is a genus of climbing annual legumes (peas) native to southwest Asia and northeast Africa, best known through the garden pea, Pisum sativum, a major food crop grown in cool weather. Grow them in cool conditions, give them support to climb, and sow in early spring or autumn.
Pisum is a possible genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to southwest Asia and northeast Africa. As of April 2026, Plants of the World Online considered the genus to be a synonym of Lathyrus, while the International Legume Database Information Service (ILDIS) accepted three species:
Pisum abyssinicum (syn. P. sativum subsp. abyssinicum) = Lathyrus oleraceus
Angled pea · Yellow pea · Golden Pea · Red pea · Lathyrus fulvus · Everlasting-Pea · Caley pea · Beach pea · Perennial pea · Sweet pea · Round-leaved vetchling · White pea
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