beach-pea

At high-water mark stands one of the Terminalias with big terminal light green leaves, musty flowers, and purple fruit — gold, silver, and purple in close array — while over the sand the goat-footed convolvulus sends long, succulent shoots bearing huge pink flowers complementary to the purple of the beach-pea (CANVALIA OBTUSIFOLIA).

Tropic Days 2003

At high-water mark stands one of the Terminalias with big terminal light green leaves, musty flowers, and purple fruit -- gold, silver, and purple in close array -- while over the sand the goat-footed convolvulus sends long, succulent shoots bearing huge pink flowers complementary to the purple of the beach-pea (CANVALIA OBTUSIFOLIA).

Tropic Days 1887

The graceful and delicate beach-pea, too, grows abundantly amid the sand, and several strange, moss-like and succulent plants.

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers 1849