red pea

Description:

This is a hairless annual herb producing a slightly winged stem. The leaves are each made up of two leaflike linear leaflets 3 to 6 centimeters long. They also bear branched, curling tendrils. The inflorescence holds a single pea flower 1 to 1.5 centimeters wide which is a varying shade of red. The fruit is a hairless dehiscent legume pod.

Habitat:

It is native to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East

Notes:

This is one pea species known to cause lathyrism ( neurological disease of humans and domestic animals, caused by eating certain legumes)