The wild odorous pea vine ( Lathyrus latifolius ) produce to a height of 7 feet . little raceme of pink flowers appear on the vine from spring to accrue and are followed by seed pods . Native to fundamental and southern Europe , the plant life has also spread out to North Africa . The fresh pea has value as a cut flower and an ornamental . In Japan , the flowers are often used in commercial-grade floral arrangements . It has invasive feature and has escaped finish across the U.S. where it flourishes along road side and in hayfield .

Foliage Appearance

The gratifying pea plant , a herbaceous perennial , variation shaft - influence leaf that flank the fore and petioles . The foliage sacrifice the plant a winged appearance as it grows up in a twining habit . Each lance shaped leaf measures up to 3 1/2 column inch in length , harmonize to the University of Michigan . The farewell are a light fleeceable and smooth . Midway on each foliage a coil threadlike anatomical structure is grow which the works uses to lace and climb upwards . If the plant has nothing to climb on then it spread out outward on the ground in a crawling fashion .

Flowers

The plant produces raceme of 4 to 14 efflorescence on the top of each stem . The flowers appear either pink with a violet hue or white in coloring . Each blossom assess up to 1 in across . As the efflorescence ages its colour fades dramatically . The flowers bind no aroma . The plant bloom over a two month full point in summer solstice . The flower shape is often compared to that of a pocket-size butterfly . The petal are arrange with one large streamer petal . Below the banner petal are two tiny flower petal . The flowers are pollinated by bumble bee .

Seed Pods

semen pods appear follow flowering . Each seed is a tripping green in color with no hair . The seed pod is flat and measures approximately 2 inches in duration and 1/2 column inch wide . Once the seed pod forms it immediately begin to dry and turn a light topaz . When the pod is whole ironical it break up open . Each segment Curl to aid rout the seeds from the seed pod ’s center .

Seeds

The tiny , oblong seeds are sinister brown in color and there are normally 10 to 25 per cod . They have a smooth appearing but the Earth’s surface is traverse in diminutive dimple . When the seed seedpod forcefully expels the seed it simply rolls away from the parent plant to begin germination .

Growth Habits

The sweet pea use its rootstock roots to propagate . Each source mould a blossom stem that quickly start to climb . The industrial plant also spreads easy with its seeds .

Warning

The germ of the plant are toxic . They arrest a neuroactive amino acid . Both humans and farm animal have died from ingesting the seeds , fit in to the University of Michigan .

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