Gardening ID: What is this plant?

Thought I would start this thread. I am sure more folks could get help here with stuff that pops up in the yard and don't know what it is.

It is a legume plant, like a miniature pea. I don't recognize the leaves they are compound leave I think and they are blocky at the end like someone trimmed them.

If I leave them on the vine, the pods turn black, not like they are going bad, but like they are drying out. The pod is very leathery.

Anyone have an idea? I read that some peas could be poisonous?

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EDIT: Now that I posted this maybe this thread should be in the DIY thread? If so please move MODs, SORRY!

Sure looks like a wild pea when you google wild pea images. Even the same flower.

Here is a interesting web page that states that poison peas are a myth.
http://honest-food.net/2013/08/22/th...he-poison-pea/

Passing on info. FWIW I have no dog in this fight.

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Originally Posted by Colorado Osprey

Sure looks like a wild pea when you google wild pea images. Even the same flower.

Here is a interesting web page that states that poison peas are a myth.
http://honest-food.net/2013/08/22/th...he-poison-pea/

Passing on info. FWIW I have no dog in this fight.

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Sweet! thanks for the info! The peas are really small... Not sure when to harvest them. I would need a lot to make a difference, but then again... they are ALL OVER the PLACE. They make great ground cover under my blackberries.

Personally, I wouldn't eat those. I can't remember what they are called for the life of me (my wife says sweet pea)...........but I remember years ago seeing them on a job site near the springs, and discussing with the property owner about how they were pretty but spreading like crazy along the rivers and creeks - and I recall looking them up but finding them listed as either noxious or poisonous. Funny that they are in the metro now......another imported weed?

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Originally Posted by GunsRBadMMMMKay

Personally, I wouldn't eat those. I can't remember what they are called for the life of me (my wife says sweet pea)...........but I remember years ago seeing them on a job site near the springs, and discussing with the property owner about how they were pretty but spreading like crazy along the rivers and creeks - and I recall looking them up but finding them listed as either noxious or poisonous. Funny that they are in the metro now......another imported weed?

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Your post made me look closer... They look like a form of "vetch"?

http://tcpermaculture.com/site/2013/...-plants-vetch/ It looks exactly like the "common vetch" pictured 3/4 of the way down on this website.