Fabaceae
Partridge pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Chamaecrista
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Partridge pea
Synonyms
- Cassia brachiata (Pollard) J.F.Macbr.
- Cassia castiglionia Collad.
- Cassia chamaecrista L.
- Cassia chamaecrista f. hirsuta Kuntze
- Cassia chamaecrista f. publicaulis Kuntze
- Cassia chamaecrista var. cinerea Torr. & A.Gray
- Cassia chamaecrista var. glandulosa Kuntze
- Cassia chamaecrista var. nictitans Kuntze
- Cassia chamaecrista var. patellaria Kuntze
- Cassia chamaecrista var. robusta Pollard
- Cassia depressa Pollard
- Cassia fasciculata Michx.
- Cassia fasciculata f. jensenii E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.
- Cassia fasciculata f. mutata Fernald
- Cassia fasciculata f. transmutata Fernald
- Cassia fasciculata var. brachiata (Pollard) Pullen ex Isely
- Cassia fasciculata var. depressa (Pollard) J.F.Macbr.
- Cassia fasciculata var. ferrisiae (Britton) B.L.Turner
- Cassia fasciculata var. littoralis (Pollard) J.F.Macbr.
- Cassia fasciculata var. macrosperma Fernald
- Cassia fasciculata var. puberula (Greene) J.F.Macbr.
- Cassia fasciculata var. robusta (Pollard) J.F.Macbr.
- Cassia fasciculata var. rostrata (Wooton & Standl.) B.L.Turner
- Cassia fasciculata var. tracyi (Pollard) J.F.Macbr.
- Cassia fisheri Cory
- Cassia greenei Standl.
- Cassia littoralis (Pollard) Cory
- Cassia mississipiensis Pollard
- Cassia parvifolia Wender.
- Cassia pulchella Salisb.
- Cassia robusta (Pollard) Pollard
- Cassia rostrata (Wooton & Standl.) Tidestr.
- Cassia triflora Jacq.
- Cassia venosa Castigl. ex Zuccagni
- Chamaecrista bellula Pollard
- Chamaecrista brachiata Pollard
- Chamaecrista camporum Greene
- Chamaecrista chamaecrista (L.) Britton
- Chamaecrista depressa (Pollard) Greene
- Chamaecrista fasciculata var. depressa (Pollard) C.F.Reed
and 12 more.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
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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.