Pisum sativum, Pisum humile, Pisum syriacum,
Garden pea, common pea,
Hebrew: אפון נמוך, Arabic: البازلاء

Scientific name:		Pisum sativum L.
Synonym name:		Pisum humile Boiss. & Noe, Pisum syriacum (Berg.) Lehm
Common name:		Garden pea, common pea
Hebrew name:		אפון נמוך
Arabic name:		البازلاء
Family:		Papilionaceae, פרפרניים

Life form:		Therophyte, annual
Leaves:		Alternate, compound, pinnate, dentate or serrate
Flowers:		Purple
Flowering Period:		February, March, April
Habitat:		Batha, Phrygana
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon
Chorotype:		Irano-Turanian
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

Derivation of the botanical name: Pisum, the Latin name for the pea. sativum, sown, cultivated; cultivated. humile, low, low-growing, humble. syriacum, Syrian. The Hebrew name: אפון ,אפונה, afun, afuna, appears in the Mishnah, Kil'ayim Chapter 3:2 ( prohibitions). The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy. The standard author abbreviation Boiss. is used to indicate Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 – 1885), a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician. The standard author abbreviation Noe is used to indicate Friedrich Wilhelm Noë (18?? - 1858), German botanist. Worked as pharmacist in Fiume and later as director of the Galata - Serai botanical gardens in Constantinopel [Istanbul]. The standard author abbreviation Berg is used to indicate Ernst von Berg (1782 – 1855), a German botanist. The standard author abbreviation Lehm. is used to indicate Johann Georg Christian Lehmann (1792 – 1860), a German botanist.