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Pisum sativum L.
garden pea

   
Symbol: PISA6
Group: Dicot
Family: Fabaceae
Duration: Annual
Growth Habit: Vine
Forb/herb
Native Status:  
L48    I
CAN    W
GL    W



   
Other common names:
  field pea
  green pea
  english pea
Photograph of Pisum sativum L.
Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, WA, Pullman.
 
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Synonyms:
Pisum sativum L.

  PIAR6 Pisum arvense L.
  PIHU2 Pisum humile Boiss. & Noe
  PISAA2 Pisum sativum L. ssp. arvense (L.) Poir.
  PISAA8 Pisum sativum L. var. arvense (L.) Poir.
  PISAH Pisum sativum L. var. humile Poir.
  PISAM Pisum sativum L. var. macrocarpon Ser.
 

Distribution by State:
Pisum sativum L.

Distributional Map for Pisum sativum L.
Distribution Map Legend

Pisum sativum L. distribution:
USA (CA, CT, FL, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NY, OK, OR, PA, SC, UT, VA, WA), CAN (MB, ON, QC), DEN (GL)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
CA, CT, FL, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NY, OR, PA, WA

 

Related Taxa:
Pisum sativum L.

236 genera in Fabaceae, 4 species in Pisum
 

Classification:
Pisum sativum L.

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass   Rosidae
Order   Fabales
Family   Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus   Pisum L. – pea
Species   Pisum sativum L. – garden pea
 

Introduced Information:
Pisum sativum L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts.
 

 

 
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