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Botanical details
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Pisum
- Genus description
A very small genus of annual, flowering plants from legume family. Native to SW Asia and NE Africa, species P. sativum is widely cultivated for food. Hollow. Climbing or trailing stems bear compound leaves and tendrils. Flowers are butterfly-shaped, 1-3 per stalk. The fruit is a pod
- Name status
Accepted
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