Sand Pea
Sand pea is a common name for several plants and may refer to: *'' Eriosema'' *''Lathyrus japonicus'' See also * beach pea *''Dissodactylus mellitae ''Dissodactylus mellitae'', the sand-dollar pea crab, is a species of pea crab in the family Pinnotheridae The Pinnotheridae are a family of tiny soft-bodied crabs that live commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve molluscs (and the occas ...'', the sand-dollar pea crab {{Short pages monitor ...
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Eriosema
''Eriosema'' is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. Accepted species number over 150. The genus is widespread in tropics. Description Species of ''Eriosema'' are mostly herbs or shrublets. Leaves are pinnately 3-foliolate, rarely reduced to a single leaflet. Inflorescences are 1–2-flowered or pedunculate racemes in the leaf axils, yellow to orange, calyx is campanulate, consists of five similar lobes. Pods are short and flattened with two seeds. Selected species * '' Eriosema campestre'' Benth. — Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil * '' Eriosema chinense'' Vogel — South-East Asia, East Himalaya, India, New Guinea, Australia * '' Eriosema defoliatum'' Benth. — Brazil * '' Eriosema glabrum'' Mart. ex Benth. — Argentina, Brazil * '' Eriosema glaziovii'' Harms — Brazil * '' Eriosema harmsianum'' Dinter — Namibia * '' Eriosema kraussianum'' Meisn. — South Africa * '' Eriosema longifolium'' Benth. — Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay * '' Eriosema sali ...
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Lathyrus Japonicus
''Lathyrus japonicus'', the sea pea, beach pea, circumpolar pea or sea vetchling, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, native to temperate coastal areas of the Northern Hemisphere and Argentina. It is a herbaceous perennial growing trailing stems long, typically on sand and gravel storm beaches. The leaves are waxy glaucous green, long, pinnate, with 2-5 pairs of leaflets, the terminal leaflet usually replaced by a twining tendril. The flowers are broad, with a dark purple standard petal and paler purple wing and keel petals; they are produced in racemes of up to twelve flowers. Description ''Lathyrus japonicus'' is a perennial plant. The stem grows to and is limp, has no wings and is often hairless. The leaves are alternate, greyish green and somewhat succulent, almost stalkless with large, wide stipules. The leaf blades are pinnate with three to five pairs of narrow lanceolate leaflets with blunt tips, entire margins and a terminal tendril. The i ...
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Beach Pea
Beach pea is a common name for several plants and may refer to: *''Vigna marina'', known as nanea and notched cowpea, a species of legume in the family Fabaceae *''Lathyrus japonicus'', common names Sea Pea, Circumpolar Pea, and Sea Vetchling, a legume native to temperate coastal areas of Asia, Europe, and North and South America *''Lathyrus littoralis'', a species of wild pea known by the common name silky beach pea. *''Galactia'', a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae See also * Sand pea Sand pea is a common name for several plants and may refer to: *'' Eriosema'' *''Lathyrus japonicus'' See also * beach pea *''Dissodactylus mellitae ''Dissodactylus mellitae'', the sand-dollar pea crab, is a species of pea crab in the family Pi ...