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Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michaux) Greene var. fasciculata . Series: Chamaecrista. Common Partridge-pea. Phen: Jun-Sep; Jul-Nov. Hab: Fields, disturbed areas, fencerows, and a wide range of other habitats. Dist: MA west to MN, south to s. FL and Mexico.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: See discussion of the Chamaecrista fasciculata complex under var. macrosperma.

Synonymy : = NY, Va; > Cassia chamaecrista var. robusta Pollard – GrPl; > Cassia chamaecrista var. rostrata – GrPl, not published; < Cassia fasciculata Michx. – RAB, Tat, W; > Cassia fasciculata Michx. var. depressa (Pollard) MacBride – F; > Cassia fasciculata Michx. var. fasciculata – F, G, Tx, Robertson & Lee (1976); > Cassia fasciculata Michx. var. ferrisiae – Tx; > Cassia fasciculata Michx. var. littoralis (Pollard) J.F.Macbr. – Robertson & Lee (1976); > Cassia fasciculata Michx. var. puberula (Greene) J.F.Macbr. – Tx; > Cassia fasciculata Michx. var. robusta (Pollard) J.F.Macbr. – F, G, Tx, Robertson & Lee (1976); > Chamaechrista fasciculata var. fasciculata – Il, misspelling; > Chamaechrista fasciculata var. robusta – Il, misspelling; < Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene – C, Fl3, FNA11.1, Mi, NcTx, NE, Pa, Tn, WH3, Irwin & Barneby (1982); > Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene – S; < Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene var. fasciculata – Ar, K1, K3, K4, SE3, Isely (1998), (also see var. macrosperma); > Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene var. fasciculata – Isely (1975); > Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene var. fasciculata – Isely (1975); > Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene var. fasciculata – Isely (1975); > Chamaecrista robusta Pollard – S

Links to other floras: < Chamaecrista fasciculata - FNA11.1

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (name change)
  • Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily : 8

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