Red and purple blossoms of the peavine - A Perennial herb with creeping rhizomes and erect to clambering stems. This beauty has compound leaves tipped with straight, unbranched tendrils, leaflets opposite, flowers blue violet to red violet in color in terminal, pea-like clusters. Although colorful in spring, these pea-vines yield no edible fruit. These vines are common in the Wreck Beach, Tower Beach area of Point Gray, also in Steveston at Point Garry.
Lathyrus Japonicus - Beach Pea - Tower Beach, Point Gray BC - Spring.
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