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Pisum sativum

Pea

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Common name

Pea

Scientific name

Pisum sativum L.

Conservation status and threats

NOT protected species in Bulgaria¹.

Description and identification

Annual herbaceous plant.

The stem is 30 - 120 cm long.

Sepals 4 to 6 cm long, sometimes up to 10 cm, often equal to or longer than the leaflets.

Flowering May-July².

Habitat

According to literature data, in addition to being a cultivated plant in Bulgaria, it also grows as a weed in crops, but the author of the photos posted here found it growing in a natural habitat - sparse forest and bushes on a steep slope³.

Distribution in Bulgaria

In the whole country; from 0 to 500 meters meters altitude⁴.

General distribution

Map of general distribution (in green - native distribution)⁵:

References

1 Bulgarian Biodiversity Act in english.

2 Кузманов, Б. 1976. В: Флора на Народна Република България, том VI, София.

3 K. Metodiev.

4 Стоянов К., Райчева Цв. & Чешмеджиев И. 2022. Определител на местни и чужди растения в България. Академично издателство на Аграрния университет, Пловдив. ISBN 978-954-517-313-4 www.botanica.gallery [публикуван на 25.06.2022, последна актуализация 19.07.2024] - CC-BY-NC-4.0.

5 Lathyrus oleraceus Lam. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science.

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