Life Span
Annual
Perennial
Type
Vegetable
Perennial
Origin
Mediterranean
Southeastern Asia, Nepal
Types
Sugar Bon pea, Super Sugar Snap bean
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Number of Varieties
810
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40000
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Habitat
Fields, Loamy soils
Coastal Regions, Cold Regions, Terrestrial
USDA Hardiness Zone
-99995-8
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99
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AHS Heat Zone
12-1
8-5
Sunset Zone
A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Vining/Climbing
Mat-forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
30.00 cm250.00 cm
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3900
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Minimum Width
4.20 cm30.50 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White, Pink, Lavender
White, Blue Violet
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
Green
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Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Sea Green, Gray Green
Green
Leaf Color in Summer
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Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Blue Green, Gray Green
Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Green, Blue Green, Gray Green
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Egg-shaped
Lance shaped
Thorns
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Plant Season
Spring, Fall, Winter
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Growth Rate
Fast
Fast
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Neutral
Neutral
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Early Spring, Spring, Late Spring, Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter, Winter, Late Winter
Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer
Repeat Bloomer
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✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Dry Conditions, Salt and Soil Compaction, Variety of soil types
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Low
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Allow to dry out slightly between watering, Needs watering once a week
Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water, Never Over-water, Requires regular watering
In Summer
Consistently
Lots of watering
In Spring
Adequately
Moderate
In Winter
Less Watering
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Slightly Acidic
Neutral
Soil Type
Clay, Loam, Sand
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Pruning
Prune in flowering season, Remove damaged leaves
Prune if you want to improve plant shape, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
Compost, fertilize in winter
fertilize in growing season, Less fertilizing
Pests and Diseases
Downy mildew, Gall Insects, Leaf curl, Peach Leaf Curl, Powdery mildew, Root rot
Insects
Plant Tolerance
Light Frost
Cold climate
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
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✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
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Attracts
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Butterflies, Insects
Allergy
Diarrhea, Intestinal gas
Asthma
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
As decorated salad
Beautification, Ground Cover, Landscape Designing, Showy Purposes, Used for decorating walls, fences, gates, hedges, etc.
Beauty Benefits
Remove blemishes, Skin Problems
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Edible Uses
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Environmental Uses
Fixes Nitrogen, Food for animals, Very little waste
Air purification, Food for insects, No fertilizer, pesticides, or herbicides needed, Prevent Soil Erosion
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
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Cough
Part of Plant Used
Leaves, Seeds
Whole plant
Other Uses
Cosmetics, Making Shampoo, Used as a nutritious food item, Used As Food
Decoration Purposes, Employed in herbal medicine, Showy Purposes
Used As Indoor Plant
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✘
✔
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Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
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Garden Design
Container, Edible, Herb, Vegetable, Vine
Alpine, Edging, Groundcover, Rock Garden, Wall
Botanical Name
PISUM sativum
MAZUS reptans
Common Name
Garden Pea
Creeping Mazus
In Hindi
चीनी मटर
जीव Mazus
In German
Kefe
Creeping Mazus
In French
Erbse
Creeping Mazus
In Spanish
guisante
arrastramiento Mazus
In Greek
μπιζέλι
υφέρπουσα Mazus
In Portuguese
ervilha
Creeping Mazus
In Polish
groch
Creeping Mazus
In Latin
pea
reptilia Alba
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Anthophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Dicotyledonae
Order
Fabales
Scrophulariales
Family
Fabaceae
Scrophulariaceae
Genus
Pisum
Mazus
Clade
Dicotyledonous
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Tribe
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Mimuleae
Subfamily
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Mimuloideae
Number of Species
15010
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27800
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