I have asked this question on the Heirloms forum but thought that I would ask it here also. My father has raised a black-seeded, white-speckled whipporwill pea for over fifty years in Arkansas and Oklahoma. This pea is a bit smaller than other whippoorwills. The pods are slender containing as many as 10 or so peas. They are a bit later than other whipporwills. We call them by our family name. Dad does not remember where the original seed stock came from but my guess is that it was from relatives in north central Arkansas. The reason he has continued to raise them is that they are more drought tolerant than other peas.I raise them here in NC because I remember the flavor.

If anyone remembers seeing this pea from childhood or who also grows it, please contact me. Thank you.