The Veiny Pea is a native, perennial wildflower. It can grow to 40 inches tall. It has pea-shaped flowers that are bi-colored, with a richly lavender and pink upper lip and pale pink lower petals. The flowers have distinct veins on the upper lip. The leaves are compound with four to seven leaflet pairs. The leaves are oval to oblong-elliptic, rounded at both ends, and can be finely hairy or nearly smooth. It grows in dry open woodlands, thickets, and moist to wet soils. (LS)