Pisum sativum, Pisum humile, Pisum syriacum, Garden pea, common pea,
Hebrew: אפון נמוך, Arabic: البازلاء
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| Scientific name: |
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Pisum sativum L. |
| Synonym name: |
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Pisum humile Boiss. & Noe, Pisum syriacum (Berg.) Lehm |
| Common name: |
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Garden pea, common pea |
| Hebrew name: |
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אפון נמוך |
| Arabic name: |
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البازلاء |
| Family: |
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Papilionaceae, פרפרניים |
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| Life form: |
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Therophyte, annual |
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Alternate, compound, pinnate, dentate or serrate |
| Flowers: |
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Purple |
| Flowering Period: |
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February, March, April |
| Habitat: |
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Batha, Phrygana |
| Distribution: |
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Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon |
| Chorotype: |
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Irano-Turanian |
| Summer shedding: |
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Ephemeral |
Derivation of the botanical name:
Pisum, the Latin name for the pea.
sativum, sown, cultivated; cultivated.
humile, low, low-growing, humble.
syriacum, Syrian.
The Hebrew name: אפון ,אפונה, afun, afuna, appears in the Mishnah, Kil’ayim Chapter 3:2 ( prohibitions).
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
- The standard author abbreviation Boiss. is used to indicate Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 – 1885), a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician.
- The standard author abbreviation Noe is used to indicate Friedrich Wilhelm Noë (18?? – 1858), German botanist. Worked as pharmacist in Fiume and later as director of the Galata – Serai botanical gardens in Constantinopel [Istanbul].
- The standard author abbreviation Berg is used to indicate Ernst von Berg (1782 – 1855), a German botanist.
- The standard author abbreviation Lehm. is used to indicate Johann Georg Christian Lehmann (1792 – 1860), a German botanist.
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