ORBEXILUM pedunculatum. Texas and the Southeast. This has become, in a short time, one of my favorite perennial peas, though I would not expect it to join the Top Ten in nursery sales. It clumps profusely at the base and spreads from short rhizomes, eventually forming a broad mat. The stems are slender and prostrate, and they carry dark, lustrous leaves with triplets of 1” leaflets. In summer it produces many short clusters of violet pea-flowers at the shoot tips. This is a fine plant for sunny banks and other spots where a small-scale ground cover is needed. Its only drawback, in my garden experience, is that it is irresistible to gophers and rabbits. Sun, reasonably well drained soil, moderate to occasional watering. Probably hardy to 0-10oF.