Other conspecific taxa:

• Pisum sativum (95 accessions)
• Pisum sativum subsp. asiaticum (0 accessions)
• Pisum sativum subsp. elatius (0 accessions)
• Pisum sativum subsp. jomardii (0 accessions)
• Pisum sativum subsp. sativum (0 accessions)
• Pisum sativum subsp. transcaucasicum (0 accessions)
• Pisum sativum var. brevipedunculatum (0 accessions)
• Pisum sativum var. elatius (0 accessions)
• Pisum sativum var. macrocarpum (0 accessions)
• Pisum sativum var. pumilio (0 accessions)
• Pisum sativum var. sativum (0 accessions)

Synonyms:

• Basionym: Pisum arvense L.

Common names:

• Austrian winter pea  (Source: Food Feed Crops US) - English
• dun pea  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• field pea  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• grey pea  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• mutter pea  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• partridge pea  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• peluskins  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• pois de champs  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• pois fourrager  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• Felderbse  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• Futtererbse  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• Peluschken  (Source: Zander Ency) - German
• pisello da foraggio  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• guisante de campo  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• bulgeunwandu  (Source: F Korea) - Transcribed Korean

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: soil improver (fide Cover Crop Database)
• Animal food: forage (fide F Turk)
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals (fide Kingsbury)

Distributional Range:

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]
• Europe

Northern America

• Canada, United States


Naturalized

Asia-Temperate

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

Europe

• Europe

References:

1. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 (F Turk)
2. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008 (Zander Ency)
3. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
4. International Seed Testing Association A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. 1982 (Mult Glossary Crops)
5. Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964 (Kingsbury)
6. Lee, Y. N. Flora of Korea. (F Korea)
7. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 (Food Feed Crops US)
8. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970- (F Pak)
9. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963- (F Iran)
10. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
11. University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource). (Cover Crop Database)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=311566. Accessed 7 junio 2026.