- hoary pea - a plant of the genus Tephrosia having pinnate leaves and white or purplish flowers and flat hairy pods
--1 is a kind of subshrub, suffrutex
--1 is a member of Tephrosia, genus Tephrosia
--1 has particulars:bastard indigo, Tephrosia purpurea; catgut, goat's rue, wild sweet pea, Tephrosia virginiana