Details for: NSL 52539, Pisum sativum L., 'LITTLE GEM'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Pisum sativum L.

Cultivar:

'LITTLE GEM'

Origin:

Donated – Minnesota, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1966

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

This accession is not available. Contact site for status.

Western Regional PI Station

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Pisum sativum L.

Cultivar:

'LITTLE GEM'

Origin:

Donated – Minnesota, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1966

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Donated

1966.
Minnesota, United States

Donor(s):

Northrup, King & Company

Accession Names and Identifiers

'LITTLE GEM'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

66 days to maturity. Vine 26 - 32" tall. Medium to dark green. Vigorous plant. Productive. Pods 3-1/4" x 5/8". Medium green. Straight to slightly curved. Blunt. Almost round. Borne singly and doubly. Contains 6 - 7 peas. Peas light green. High quality. Seed green with occasional cream color. Drum-shaped. Wrinkled. Approx. 2,000 dry seeds per lb. Used home gardens. Cultivated.

Pisum sativum L.

Genus:

Pisum

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Fabeae

Nomen number:

300472

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:727. 1753

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358748

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

08/06/1986 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Pisum sativum L. subsp. asiaticum Govorov (56 active accession[s])
Pisum sativum L. subsp. elatius (M. Bieb.) Asch. & Graebn. (105 active accession[s])
Pisum sativum L. subsp. elatius (M. Bieb.) Asch. & Graebn. var. brevipedunculatum P. H. Davis & Meikle (0 active accession[s])
Pisum sativum L. subsp. elatius (M. Bieb.) Asch. & Graebn. var. elatius (M. Bieb.) Alef. (9 active accession[s])
Pisum sativum L. subsp. elatius (M. Bieb.) Asch. & Graebn. var. pumilio Meikle (29 active accession[s])
Pisum sativum L. subsp. jomardii (Schrank) Kosterin (0 active accession[s])
Pisum sativum L. subsp. sativum (713 active accession[s])
Pisum sativum L. subsp. sativum var. arvense (L.) Poir. (78 active accession[s])
Pisum sativum L. subsp. sativum var. macrocarpum Ser. (1 active accession[s])
Pisum sativum L. subsp. sativum var. sativum (862 active accession[s])
Pisum sativum L. subsp. transcaucasicum Govorov (19 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Pisum sativum L. subsp. tibetanicum ined.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	pea	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Italian	pisello	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Swedish	ärt	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	wan dou	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean	wandu	2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:118.

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	23.3		PEA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	NSL 52539 2003o SD	Not Available