Sweet pea for soup pea

Sweet pea and Pea — take this sheet to the bed, not a guess to the kettle.

Sweet peaLathyrus odoratus

PeaPisum sativum

Toxic mix-upGarden

Lathyrus odoratus is a perfume screen. The seed is not food. Garden pea and sweet pea on one trellis is how someone eats the wrong pod.

Sweet pea has winged stems, a heavy perfume, and pods you do not shell for supper. Garden pea is scentless as a flower and the pod is the crop. Separate the nets. Seeds of sweet pea are not a snack.

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The Herbarium — a teaching catalog, not a clinic. Traditional use is history, not a prescription. USDA 6b dates are a week either way, not a promise. Do not eat, drink, or harvest a plant you cannot name.