looks like legume, but the name given to me by the person who gave me the plant does not come up with anyting meaningful when i search...
"Baptista"
very hardy plant, comes up from the ground each year, appears to be asparagus at first.
probably invasive if planted without some type of border (the plant in these pictures was taken from a chunk of another plant and is about 3yrs old). grows to about 4ft. full sun. very heavy clay soil where it is usually damp. the person who gave it to us had it in normal loamy topsoil and it was also very hardy there too.
nice purple flowers, many seeds in the pods (like bean pods when dry).
context/habit:
closer:
thanks!
songbird