Common Pacific Pea (Lathyrus vestitus var. vestitus) Login         


        Description
  • EW Bloom Mar - May
  • Pea flowers are about 3/4" long.
  • Thin leaf stalks have tendrils at the end, for climbing.
  • Common in California coastal ranges.
  • CA native. Endemic to the California Floristic Province.
  • AKA Wild Sweetpea, Hillside Pea
  • Pea Family (Fabaceae)



This vine is easy to spot as it climbs over other shrubs, showing pea flowers of lavender and white.



Leaves are compound, made up of 8 - 12 leaflets, and have tendrils at the end.



Flowers cluster at the end of the vine. They turn brown and stay on the vine even as they wither.

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Pacific Pea grows almost entirely within a few miles of the California Coast. Also called Hillside Pea, it's common on dry hills, in woodlands and ...

Pacific Pea is a vine with [[compound leaves]]. It's in the Pea Family, with pea-shaped flowers that develop into pea pods. The stems have ridge ...

[[Compound leaves]] have 8-12 leaflets and end with one or more [[tendrils]]. When the tendrils touch something they coil around it, helping the we ...

Tendrils wrap around any available support. Once it makes contact, the base and the tip of the tendril start twisting in opposite directions, causi ...

A pair of leaf-like growths, called stipules, are found where the leaflet meets the stem. They look like pointed wings and grow about half an inch lo ...