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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Learn more about Chamaecrista from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-05-005:
Cassia fasciculata FAMILY Fabaceae
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cassia fasciculata var. fasciculata
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chamaecrista fasciculata
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chamaecrista robusta
COMMON NAME:
Common Partridge-pea, Showy Partridge Pea
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JK Marlow jkm120623_145
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Sepals lanceolate, 9-12mm long, acute. Pedicels 1-2cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm120623_149
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Legume oblong, flat, hairy or smooth, at maturity splitting, springing open, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120623_152
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
5-18 pr of light-sensitive, linear-oblong leaflets [per leaf], per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
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Keith Bradley kab_c_fasciculata_12757
June Collier County FL
Big Cypress National Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0408f_32
August Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Short racemes of 1-6 flowers arise from the upper leaf axils, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm140822_900902b
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
A sessile, saucer-shaped gland near the middle of the petiole, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
petiolar glands of Chamaecrista
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JK Marlow jkm190810_0632
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_fasciculata
August
Flowers not pea-like: 5 petals, 4 with a reddish mark at the base, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120910_542
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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Steve Marlow snm097109_16
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Petals almost equal, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm0311g_29
November Chester County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Dehiscent legumes, smooth to densely hairy, up to 3" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Tim Spira tps_cfasciculata
Month Unknown
5-18 pr of linear-oblong leaflets, light-sensitive, folding at night, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-05-005:
Cassia fasciculata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cassia fasciculata var. fasciculata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chamaecrista fasciculata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chamaecrista robusta
281
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, fencerows, and a wide range of other habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 12-36 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
10 stamens, of varying lengths
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p026
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p236
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p089
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p228
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p210
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p028
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p122
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p189
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p129
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p166
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p074
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p327
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