Fabaceae
Beach sensitive pea
Chamaecrista chamaecristoides
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Chamaecrista
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Beach sensitive pea
Synonyms
- Cassia chamaecrista Mill.
- Cassia chamaecristoides Collad.
- Cassia cinerea Cham. & Schltdl.
Flowers
- In flower
- July, September, November (from 9 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Joseph McPhail, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Claudio Cantú Muñiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: José Francisco Colorado-Dapa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.