Taxon: Pisum sativum L. subsp. sativum var. arvense (L.) Poir. (Pisum sativum Field Pea Group)

Summary

Genus:

Pisum

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Fabeae

Nomen number:

311566

Place of publication:

Encycl. 5:456. 1804

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/729903

Verified:

03/24/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

190 (78 active, 66 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Pisum sativum L. (5247 active accession[s])
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. 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

Basionym
Pisum arvense L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Lathyrus oleraceus Lam. var. arvensis (L.) H. Schaef. et al.
Pisum arvense L. subsp. arvense
Pisum arvense L. var. arvense
Pisum sativum L. subsp. arvense (L.) Asch. & Graebn.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Allkin, R. et al. 1986. Names and synonyms of species and subspecies in the Vicieae: issue 3. In: Bisby, F. A. et al., Vicieae Database Project 7:44.
Cheng, P. et al. 2015. Association mapping of agronomic and quality traits in USDA pea single-plant collection. Molec. Breed. 35:75. DOI: 10.1007/s11032-015-0277-6.
Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen Note: lists as Pisum sativum Arvense Group
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource).
Zong, X. et al. 2009. Analysis of a diverse global Pisum sp. collection and comparison to a Chinese local P. sativum collection with microsatellite markers. Theor. Appl. Genet. 118:193-204.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	Austrian winter pea	1	Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
English	dun pea	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	field pea	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	grey pea	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	mutter pea	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	partridge pea	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	peluskins	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
French	pois de champs	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	pois fourrager	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Felderbse	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Futtererbse	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Peluschken	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen Note: lists as Pisum sativum Arvense Group
Italian	pisello da foraggio	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Spanish	guisante de campo	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Transcribed Korean	bulgeunwandu	2	Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Reference
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Armenia		Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Azerbaijan		Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Georgia		Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	China	China
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Korea		Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Kyrgyzstan		Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Tajikistan		Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Uzbekistan		Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Afghanistan		Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iran		Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey		Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India		Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan		Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Laos		Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. 1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam		Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. 1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist
2	Cultivated	Australasia	Australia	Australia
2	Cultivated	Europe		Europe
2	Cultivated	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation-European part	European part	Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
2	Cultivated	Northern America		Canada
2	Cultivated	Northern America		United States		Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation	Dagestan	Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation	Krasnodar	Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Turkmenistan		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Mongolia	Mongolia		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
4	Naturalized	Europe		Europe

Cultivated
Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey
CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
MIDDLE ASIA: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
CHINA: China
EASTERN ASIA: Korea

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan
INDO-CHINA: Laos, Vietnam

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia

Europe

EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part]
REGION: Europe

Northern America

REGION: Canada, United States

Naturalized
Asia-Temperate

CAUCASUS: Russian Federation [Dagestan, Krasnodar]
MIDDLE ASIA: Turkmenistan
MONGOLIA: Mongolia

Europe

REGION: Europe

Reference(s)

Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. 1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Animal food	forage	Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Environmental	soil improver	University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource).
Vertebrate poisons	mammals	Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=311566. Accessed 12 May 2026.