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CAN YOU TELL THESE APART?
Sweet pea grows right next to the edible pea and looks the part. Its seeds are not food
SAFE
garden pea
Pisum sativum
round edible pods, leaves ending in tendrils, plain white flowers
MILDLY TOXIC
sweet pea
Lathyrus odoratus
showy fragrant flowers, flattened winged stems, ornamental not edible
How to tell them apart
Round pods you would shell for dinner = garden pea. Showy fragrant flowers with winged stems = sweet pea (ornamental; seeds cause harm only if eaten in quantity over time, not a one-bite emergency).
You can tell them apart right now. The real question is whether you'll still know in three weeks — BloomEDU quizzes you on this pair until the name sticks.
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