...Variable
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Chamaecrista from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-05-005:
Cassia fasciculata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Common Partridge-pea, Showy Partridge Pea
Click or hover over the thumbnails to see larger pictures.
)
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.
)
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.
)
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.
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
)
Keith Bradley kab_c_fasciculata_12757
June Collier County FL
Big Cypress National Preserve
)
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.
)
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.
COMPARE
petiolar glands of Chamaecrista
)
JK Marlow jkm190810_0632
August Greenville County SC
)
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.
)
JK Marlow jkm120910_542
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
)
Steve Marlow snm097109_16
September Greenville County SC
Petals almost equal, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
)
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.
)
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.