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Old 19-03-2007, 09:13 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible,bionet.plants.education
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Default Can someone tell me what sort of pea this is?

This plant has come up in a compost heap. This heap receives the
leftover props from a college Economic Botany course, so it might be
anything. The foliage looks very much like regular Pisum sativum
(English pea) foliage, except that so far, there are no tendrils--and
the plant is over a foot tall. The leaflets are thin but a little
rubbery and glaucous. The flowers are about an inch long, white with
maroon blotches on the wing petals. No fruit yet.

http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/tfp/mysterypea.jpg

Thanks,
M. Reed