Garden Pea

Pisum sativum

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Not native

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 3 Florida counties.

Ecological relationships

39CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Pisum

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Estigmene acreaSalt Marsh Moth, Acrea Moth
Euxoa auxiliarisArmy Cut-Worm, Army Cutworm
Feltia herilisMaster's Dart
Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
Feltia repletaReplete Dart
Feltia subterraneaSubterranean Dart, Granulate Cutworm
Fundella pellucensCaribbean Podborer
Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
Hyles lineataWhite-Lined Sphinx
Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
Omiodes indicataBean-Leaf Webworm Moth
Pyrisitia lisaLittle Yellow, Little Sulphur, Lisa Yellow
Pyrrharctia isabellaIsabella Tiger Moth, Banded Woolybear
Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
Spodoptera albulaWhite-Spotted Armyworm, Gray-Streaked Armyworm
Spodoptera eridaniaSouthern Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
Trichoplusia niNi Moth, Cabbage Looper Moth
Trichordestra legitimaStriped Garden Caterpillar Moth
Udea rubigalisCelery Leaftier
Urbanus proteusLong-Tailed Skipper, Bean Leaf Roller
Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
Xestia dolosaGreater Black-Letter Dart, Greater Spotted Cutworm
Ancylostomia stercorea
Omiodes simialis

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

3BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Pisum

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Also known as

Chicharo; Common Pea; Field Pea; Green Pea; Pea