31 May, 2008

Wild Pea


Growing in a low, spreading tangle of vegetation with hundreds of blue and deep purple colored flowers, wild peas are a springtime art work of the highest perfection. Colonies of this herbaceous vine flourish in extravagant abundance on open sunny sites here at Gangivecchio and throughout the Madonie region.

Scientific name: Pisum sativum
Italian common name: Pisello selvatico
English common name: Wild Pea