Dolichos Pea

Family: Fabaceae
Scientific name: Dipogon lignosus
Description: Plant Form Twining herb Size Variable Stem Up to 3 m long Leaves 'Leaves' grow from 3-6 cm long stems and form three leaflets which are generally shaped like spearheads, leaflets 3-6 cm long and 1.5-4.0 cm wide, mostly hairless, underside pale Flowers Pink-purple (rarely white) pea-flowers, growing in groups along stalks which are up to 25 cm long Fruit and Seeds Seed pods 2.5-5.0 cm long, 0.5-1.0 cm wide, hairless, 3-6 seeds in each Habitat Commonly in gardens but can escape, becoming an environmental weed Weed Status: Other Weed Weed Type: Environmental, Invasive Garden Escapee Lifeform: Herbaceous, Vine/climber

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