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Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 4 feet
Flower Color: Lavender
Purple
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Erosion control
Vegetable
Good as a cover crop
Edible Parts: Fruit
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Pollinators: Self

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of 'Austrian Winter'.

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Common names
  • Austrian Winter Peas
  • Garden Pea
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lathyrus oleraceus
  • Synonym: Pisum sativum subsp. arvense

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Uploaded by dave
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2012-03-28

Date: 2011-06-30
 Courtesy Outsidepride
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Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2013-03-15
Intermixed with Annual Rye as a winter cover crop

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
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