Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michaux) Greene var. fasciculata. Series: Chamaecrista. Common name: Common Partridge-pea. Phenology: Jun-Sep; Jul-Nov. Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, fencerows, and a wide range of other habitats. Distribution: 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 L. var. robusta Pollard — GrPl; > Cassia chamaecrista L. 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 (Britton) B.L.Turner — 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, Can, Fl3, FNA11.1, Mi, NcTx, NE, Pa, POWO, Tn, WH3, Irwin & Barneby (1982); > Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene — S; < Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene var. fasciculata — Ar, K4, NS, 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. Basionym: Cassia fasciculata Michx. 1803
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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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect to sprawling native annual with sensitive leaves, frequenting old fields, roadsides, and forest margins.
Stems: branching, slightly reddish, and smooth to minutely furry.
Leaves: alternate, pinnately divided into 6 - 14 pairs of leaflets that react to touch by folding inward; tiny, saucer-shaped gland on each petiole.
Inforescence: consists of small clusters from leaf axils.
Flowers: 1 in. wide on ½-in. pedicel; 5 bright yellow petals of unequal sizes bear red markings at their bases.
Fruits: flattened, brown seed pods, 1 - 2 in. long.
Comments: The very similar Chamaecrista fasciculata var. macropserma has larger seed pods and is found in freshwater tidal marshes. Also, var. brachiata ?
Height: 6 in. - 1.5 ft.
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description: Erect to sprawling native annual with sensitive leaves, frequenting old fields, roadsides, and forest margins.
stems: branching, slightly reddish, and smooth to minutely furry.
leaves: alternate, pinnately divided into 6 - 14 pairs of leaflets that react to touch by folding inward; tiny, saucer-shaped gland on each petiole.
inflorescence: consists of small clusters from leaf axils.
flowers: 1 in. wide on ½-in. pedicel; 5 bright yellow petals of unequal sizes bear red markings at their bases.
fruits: flattened, brown seed pods, 1 - 2 in. long.
comments: The very similar Chamaecrista fasciculata var. macropserma has larger seed pods and is found in freshwater tidal marshes. Also, var. brachiata ?
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