Pisum sativum L.

Scrambling glabrous, glaucous annual. Tendrils branched; leaflets in 1–3 opposite pairs, ovate to obovate, acute to obtuse, sometimes irregularly and finely serrate, 20–60 mm long; venation pinnate; stipules ovate to elliptic, cordate and toothed at base, usually larger than leaflets, 30–70 mm long. Infl. usually < lvs, 1–3-flowered. Calyx somewhat gibbous at base; calyx teeth ± equal, ovate-triangular, > tube; 2 upper teeth somewhat broader than 3 lower. Corolla white to purplish, 15–25 mm long. Pod brown, 2–10-seeded, c. 40–60 mm long; seeds globose, smooth or rugose; hilum 1/20–1/14 of circumference.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Oct.–Apr.