Difference Between Sugar Snap Peas and Snow Peas

1. Plant Differences

Sweet pea is an annual twining herb, about 0.9 to 1.8 meters tall, and the plant is completely hairless.

Pea is an annual climbing herb, about 0.5 to 2 meters tall. The whole plant is green, smooth and hairless.

2. Leaf Difference

The leaflets of sweet pea are oblong or oval, about 3 to 5 cm long, about 1 to 2 cm wide, and have entire margins.

Pea leaves have 4 to 6 leaflets and are oval in shape, about 2 to 5 cm long and about 1 to 2.5 cm wide.

3. Flower Difference

Sweet pea flowers are solitary or arranged in axillary racemes of 1 to 3, with white or purple-red corollas.

Pea flowers are solitary in leaf axils or arranged in racemes, and are usually white and purple.

4. Fruit Difference

The pods of sweet peas are oblong, about 5 to 10 cm long, with a papery lining inside the pods. The seeds are round, usually 2 to 10 in number, and are green in color.

The pea pods are swollen, oblong, about 2.5 to 10 cm long, about 0.7 to 14 cm wide, with a sharp tip, and the seeds are round and green.