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 |
Can someone tell me what sort of pea this is?
Many thanks to the lovely folks who wrote me off-list, pointing out that
my mystery plant is Vicia faba, fava bean! It certainly bears no resemblance at all to any species of Vicia I have ever seen in the wild. I think the folks who place it in a separate genus might have something.... Monique Reed monique wrote: 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 |
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