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These leaves resemble the leaves of sweet peas. The stipules may be free or connate, and stipels (secondary stipules) are absent. The inflorescences are peduncled racemes or heads. Bracts are small, with bracteoles below the calyx, and calyx teeth subequal. The petals may be pink, purplish, yellow, or whitish.
Seeds. The sweet pea, Lathyrus odoratus, is a flowering plant in the genus Lathyrus in the family Fabaceae (), native to Sicily, southern Italy and the Aegean Islands. [2]It is an annual climbing plant, growing to a height of 1–2 metres (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in), where suitable support is available.
The sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) was introduced into cultivation during the 17th century. [12] Many different coloured cultivars were selectively bred by gardeners with many flower colours ranging from: pink, red, purple, white, orange and blue. [13] One colour which was always desired yet could not be obtained was a solid yellow sweet pea. [14]
Affected plants include onion, apple, peas, French beans, cherry and raspberry, and symptoms include yellowing of leaves with smallest leaf veins remaining green to produce a ‘chequered’ effect. The plant may seem to grow away from the problem so that younger leaves may appear to be unaffected.
Lathyrus sativus, also known as grass pea, cicerchia, blue sweet pea, chickling pea, chickling vetch, Indian pea, [2] white pea [3] and white vetch, [4] is a legume (family Fabaceae) commonly grown for human consumption and livestock feed in Asia and East Africa. [5]
Lathyrus / ˈ l æ θ ɪ r ə s / [3] is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, and contains approximately 160 species.Commonly known as peavines or vetchlings, [1] they are native to temperate areas, with a breakdown of 52 species in Europe, 30 species in North America, 78 in Asia, 24 in tropical East Africa, and 24 in temperate South America. [4]
The leaves are each divided into a number of leaflets up to 3.5 centimetres (1.4 inches) long. The inflorescence is a dense raceme of flowers. [1] The flowers are pink or pale purple and up to 1.5 centimetres (0.59 inches) long. [2] The flowers are pollinated by insects such as the bumblebee and honeybee.
Lathyrus pratensis or meadow vetchling, [1] yellow pea, [2] meadow pea [3] and meadow pea-vine, is a perennial legume that grows to 1.2 m in height. The hermaphrodite flowers are pollinated by bees. As a perennial, this plant reproduces itself over many years, spreading out from the point it was introduced, especially in damp grassy areas. This ...