Sweet Peas
I couldn't find this flower in my wildflower book, so I checked it out & found that the sweet peas we see today, which do grow outside of cultivated areas sometimes, are "cultivars" which have been developed by humans from the original "wild flower", a native of the Mediterranean area.
"Sweet Pea (Lathyrus odoratus) is a flowering plant in the genus Lathyrus in the family Fabaceae (legumes), native to the eastern Mediterranean region from Sicily east to Crete...
Unlike most peas, the seeds of the sweet pea are poisonous as they contain a neurotoxin, and should not be eaten...
Sweet peas have been cultivated since the 17th century and a vast number of cultivars are commercially available...
Harry Eckford (died 1906), a nurseryman of Scottish descent, cross-bred and developed the sweet pea, turning it from a rather insignificant, if sweetly scented flower, into the floral sensation of the late Victorian era."
Wikipedia
