Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Chamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans
FAMILY
Fabaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Chamaecrista from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-05-006:
Cassia nictitans
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Sensitive Partridge-pea, Common Sensitive-plant
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JK Marlow jkm100821_454
August Greenville County SC
Flowers about 1/4" across. Lowermost petal about 2x as long as others, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm140814_519
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves with a slender-stalked umbrella-shaped gland just below lowest leaflets, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
petiolar glands of Chamaecrista
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JK Marlow jkm180820_3900
August Greenville County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm82810_320
August Spartanburg County SC
Petals very unequal, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Roxanna Martin rlm82910_70
August Spartanburg County SC
7-20 pr of light-and-touch-sensitive, linear-oblong leaflets [per leaf], per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_nictitans_4
August
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JK Marlow jkm0309d_27
September Greenville County SC
Flowers axillary, solitary or 2-3 borne in a tight raceme, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm180904_4543
September Greenville County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm91810_16
September Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm9410_299
September Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm9410_309
September Spartanburg County SC
Sepals lanceolate, 3-4mm long, acuminate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_nictitans
September
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JK Marlow jkm0310d_21
October Greenville County SC
Dehiscent legumes, densely short-hairy, up to 2" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow s021015_c
October Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Chamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-05-006:
Cassia nictitans
FAMILY
Fabaceae
283
Subshrub; Forb
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in forests, woodlands, disturbed areas, pine savannas, and a wide variety of other habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: (14)20-36(44) leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5 stamens, of varying lengths
Superior ovary
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 p026
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p236
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p228
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p028
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p129
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p166
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p074
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p065