Fabaceae
Sweet pea
Lathyrus odoratus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lathyrus
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Common names
By language (46)
- Arabic
- بازلاء عطرية, بازلاء زهور, بسلى عطرة, جبلان عطر
- Armenian
- Հոտավետ ոլոռիկ
- arz
- بسلة الزهور
- Asturian
- Arbeyu de golor
- azb
- عطیرلی گۆللوجه
- Azerbaijani
- Ətirli güllücə
- Belarusian
- Чына пахучая, Пахучы гарошак
- Bulgarian
- Сладък грах
- Chinese
- 香豌豆, 花豌豆, 香碗豆, 麝香豌豆, 麝香野豌豆
- cv
- Ырă шăршăллă тăрна пăрçи
- Czech
- Hrachor vonný
- Danish
- Almindelig Ærteblomst, Ærteblomst
- Dutch
- Pronkerwt, Welriekende lathyrus
- English
- Sweet pea, Sweetpea, Guisante de Olor, Sweet pea 'Millennium'
- Estonian
- Lillhernes
- Filipino
- Gisantes, Gisante, Guisantes, Sweet pea
- Finnish
- Tuoksunätkelmä, Hajuherne, Tuoksuherne
- French
- Pois de senteur, Gesse Odorante
- German
- Duftende Platterbse, Duftwicke, Edelwicke, Duft-Platterbse, Duft-Wicke, Garten-Wicke, Gartenwicke, Wohlriechende Wicke
- Greek
- Γλυκό μπιζέλι, Λάθυρος ο εύοσμος, Μοσχομπίζελο
- Hebrew
- טופח ריחני, אפונה ריחנית
- hsb
- Wonjaty hróšik
- Indonesian
- Polong manis
- io
- Latiro
- Japanese
- スイートピー, カオリエンドウ, ジャコウエンドウ, スイトピー, 麝香豌豆, 麝香連理草
- kab
- Muḥemmed u Ali
- Korean
- 스위트피
- Latvian
- Smaržīgais puķuzirnītis, Puķuzirnīši, Puķuzirņi, Smaržīgais puķuzirnis
- Lithuanian
- Kvapusis pelėžirnis
- Macedonian
- Мирислив граор
- Malayalam
- സ്വീറ്റ് പീ
- myv
- Тантей чине идем вика
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Blomsterert
- Persian
- گل نخود
- Polish
- Groszek pachnący
- Russian
- Душистый горошек
- Serbian
- Ukrasni grašak
- sgs
- Žemčiūgs
- Spanish
- Chorreque, Doncenon, Doncenón, Guisante de olor
- Swedish
- Luktärt
- Tajik
- Мулкакгул
- Tatar
- Исле борчак
- Ukrainian
- Чина запашна
- Uzbek
- Shirin noʻxat
- vep
- Hajuherneh
- Welsh
- Pysen bêr
Synonyms
- Lathyrus cyprius Rech.f.
- Lathyrus maccaguenii Tod. ex Nyman
- Lathyrus odoratus f. pleniflorus Moldenke
- Lathyrus odoratus var. albus Alef.
- Lathyrus odoratus var. ater Alef.
- Lathyrus odoratus var. carneus Alef.
- Lathyrus odoratus var. pardalinus Alef.
- Lathyrus odoratus var. roseoalbus Alef.
- Lathyrus odoratus var. roseovittata Alef.
- Lathyrus odoratus var. siculus L.
- Lathyrus odoratus var. vulgaris Alef.
- Lathyrus odoratus var. zeylanicus L.
- Lathyrus odoratus-zeylanicus Burm.f.
- Pisum odoratum (L.) E.H.L.Krause
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June, November (from 131 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Franco, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Athan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Heather Dawnstar Sabin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: vinceconnare, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: nmoorhatch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dan Horowitz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Trevor Harding, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Alan Isaacson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Alan Isaacson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jay Paroline, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.