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Common Pea
Common Pea
Pisum sativum
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Mediterranean Basin
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Uncommon

About

The common pea is a climbing vine that grows in temperate garden habitats. Each pod uses a pressurized spring mechanism to eject its seeds up to two meters away.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Pisum
Species
Pisum sativum