This species is called “tawny” because of the tawny orange color of its flowers.

The wild pea P. fulvum is genetically distinct from Pisum sativum and Pisum abyssinicum.

P. fulvum has returned to the shores of the eastern Mediterranean: Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Palestine.

Its habit is moderately bushy, very short (more than P. abyssinicum), adapted to dry areas. Some accessions of P. fulvum have an amphicarpic character, with basal pods growing in the soil.  

It has low sexual compatibility with Pisum sativum subsp. sativum.  

It belongs to its secondary gene pool, which means that their hybridization involves difficulties, which can range from difficulty in obtaining fertilization, to low fertility, malformations or juvenile mortality in the hybrids obtained.

This secondary gene pool includes P. abyssinum and P. fulvum.

These two species have a greater affinity between them:  

According to O.E. Kosterin (2017) crosses P. abyssinicum x P. fulvum prove to be very easy.

P. abyssinicum can be used as a bridge species to transfer genes from P. fulvum to P. sativum subsp. sativum.

Because Pisum fulvum has long been studied and used as a source of resistance to different biotic stresses, such as:

• The pea weevil (Bruchus pisorum L.)

• Powdery mildew

• Ascochytosis

Or abiotic:

• Drought

• Heat  

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PF#1:  

Collection location: unknown.

Accession history:

Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research, in 2022, from Iwona Ziółkowska and Wojciech Maksymilian Szymański, Polish collectors of rare plants and sellers on eBay under the identifier: lupinaster

Description :

Small plants, stems 15 to 20 cm, small orange flowers, produces dark brown seeds, up to 5 mm in diameter when dry. This accession has an amphicarpic character.

Their lifespan is short (~70-80 days).