Partridge Pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene - Pea family
Size
Mature Height: Up to around 3.0 feet
Plant Type: Forb/herb
Features
Flower Color: Yellow
Conspicuous Flowers: Yes
Bloom Time: Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Fall
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Intermediate
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Species depending on Partridge Pea: Adelphia petrella, Automeris io io, Caristanius decoloralis, Eurema lisa, Eurema nicippe, Fundella pellucens, Hemiargus ceraunus antibubastus, Phoebis sennae, Phoebis sennae eubule. Pleuroprucha insulsaria, Polyhymno luteostrigella, Stegasta bosqueella
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
- CAN: Ontario
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.