These are wild peas, Pisum sativum. They grow all over the island, and very pretty they are too. The flowers are edible, but I don’t know if the peas themselves are. Certainly sweet peas are poisonous.
Sheila came to La Palma with a six month contract and has stayed 24 years so far. She used to work as a software engineer at the observatory, but now she's a writer and Starlight guide.
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This is not a pisum sativum but a lathyrus I think!
The shoots are edible as well as long as the plant grows.
I also live in La Palma.
This is not a pisum sativum but a lathyrus I think!
The shoots are edible as well as long as the plant grows.
I also live in La Palma.
http://www.floradecanarias.com/lathyrus_tingitanus.html
I think you’re right. Thanks very much!
Wikipedia says it’s also called a Tangier pea.
They’re beautiful! I’ve never seen a perennial pea with such a vivid colour.