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wild pea

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Noun1.wild pea - any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vineswild pea - any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines
Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, family Leguminosae, legume family, Leguminosae, pea family - a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
legume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
Caley pea, Lathyrus hirsutus, rough pea, singletary pea, wild winterpea - a weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop
beach pea, Lathyrus japonicus, Lathyrus maritimus, sea pea - wild pea of seashores of north temperate zone having tough roots and purple flowers and useful as a sand binder
Lathyrus palustris, marsh pea - scrambling perennial of damp or marshy areas of Eurasia and North America with purplish flowers
common vetchling, Lathyrus pratensis, meadow pea, yellow vetchling - scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage
Lathyrus splendens, pride of California - shrubby California perennial having large pink or violet flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
Lalthyrus tingitanus, Tangier pea, Tangier peavine - North African annual resembling the sweet pea having showy but odorless flowers


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At ground level, the wildflowers including ozalis, blue flowered iris, wild ginger, magenta wild pea and white-flowered trillium.
Named for the wild pea vine that grows here in abundance, the refuge encompasses 6,000 acres of land and 25,700 acres of the Pamlico Sound.
Foin, Burnet, Timothy, ray and orchard grass, red, white and yellow clover, greenswerd, blue grass, and crab grass, Panic, Panicum of many species; Indian millet, Holcus laxus; Holcus striosus; Wild oat, Zizania aquatica; Wild pea, Dolichas of Clayton; Lupine, Lupinus perennis; Wild hop, Humulus lupulus.
 
 
 
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