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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
  6. Legumes
  7. Sensitive and Partridge Peas
  8. Chamaecrista Sect. Chamaecrista
  9. Partridge Pea

species 49,546 observations

Partridge Pea

Chamaecrista fasciculata

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

118 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Cloudless Sulphur, Ceraunus Blue, Little Yellow, Sleepy Orange 11
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Gorytes smithii, Northern Bobwhite, Potato Leafhopper, Eastern Yellowjacket 10
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Common Eastern Bumble Bee, American Bumble Bee, Southern Plains Bumble Bee, Brown-belted Bumble Bee 97

Children

  • Tidal-marsh Partridge Pea
  • Common Partridge Pea

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Light
Full sun
Moisture
Dry Well drained Moist
Water use
Medium
Soil
Sand Loam Clay
Soil pH
Acid Neutral
Drought tolerant
Yes
Deer resistant
No
Resists
Dry soil Erosion
Habit
Erect Prostrate Spreading
Plant type
Annual Wildflower

From the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, NC State Extension and USDA PLANTS.

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