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Field pea may refer to: Pea § Field pea , any of certain varieties of common pea ( Lathyrus oleraceus ) used worldwide for human or animal consumption; sometimes called dry field pea Cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata ), used for culinary purposes and forage in Africa and the Americas
The host of Ascochyta pisi is the field pea (Pisum sativum L.). Ascochyta pisi also infects 20 genera of plants and more than 50 plant species including soybean, sweet pea, lentil, alfalfa, common bean, clover, black-eyed-pea, and broad bean. [2] Field pea is an annual, cool season legume that is native to northwest and southwest Asia.
Pea (pisum in Latin) is a pulse, vegetable or fodder crop, but the word often refers to the seed or sometimes the pod of this flowering plant species. Carl Linnaeus gave the species the scientific name Pisum sativum in 1753 (meaning cultivated pea).
The Fabaceae (/ f ə ˈ b eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /) or Leguminosae, [6] commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, are a large and agriculturally important family of flowering plants. It includes trees , shrubs , and perennial or annual herbaceous plants , which are easily recognized by their fruit ( legume ) and their compound, stipulate ...
Pea, Painted Pony A type of P. vulgaris called pea bean has been recorded in Britain since the 16th century. [27] In the US, the name "pea bean" is also used to describe small white beans and the same name is used for Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis, also called yard-long bean and cowpea. [28]
Chamaecrista fasciculata, the partridge pea, is a species of legume native to most of the eastern United States. [2] It is an annual which grows to approximately 0.5 meters (1 ft 8 in) tall. [ 2 ] It has bright yellow flowers from early summer until first frost, [ 3 ] with flowers through the entire flowering season if rainfall is sufficient.
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Lathyrus hirsutus is a species of wild pea known by several common names, including Caley pea, [3] singletary pea, [4] hairy vetchling, [5] and Austrian winter pea. It is native to Europe, North Africa, and much of Asia, and it is known from other continents, including North America, as an introduced species .