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Chamaecrista nictitans (partridge-pea; partridge pea)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Chamaecrista nictitans, the sensitivie cassia, sensitive partridge pea, small partridge pea or wild sensitive plant, is a herbaceous species of legume widely distributed through the temperate and tropical Americas. It is an annual plant capable of rapid plant movement—its leaflets fold together when touched. It is similar to Chamaecrista fasciculata except that the leaves are smaller.
View Wikipedia Record: Chamaecrista nictitans

Infraspecies

Chamaecrista nictitans brachypoda
Chamaecrista nictitans disadena
Chamaecrista nictitans nictitans
Chamaecrista nictitans patellaria (Attributes)
Chamaecrista nictitans var. aspera
Chamaecrista nictitans var. brevicarpellata
Chamaecrista nictitans var. diffusa
Chamaecrista nictitans var. glabrata
Chamaecrista nictitans var. jaliscensis
Chamaecrista nictitans var. leiocapra
Chamaecrista nictitans var. leptadenia
Chamaecrista nictitans var. paraguariensis
Chamaecrista nictitans var. pilosa
Chamaecrista nictitans var. praetexta

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Annual/Perennial
Structure [1]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Habitat Vegetation Classification

Name Location  Website 
Atlantic Inner Coastal Plain Yellow Sand Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (South Carolina, Georgia)
Florida Panhandle Lowlands Subxeric Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (Florida)
Florida Peninsula Xeric Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (Florida)
Florida Red Hills Submesic Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (Georgia, Florida)
Northern Florida Peninsula Longleaf Pine / Red Oak Woodland United States (Florida)
South Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Longleaf Pine Sandhill United States (Florida)
South Carolina Central Longleaf Woodland United States (Georgia, South Carolina)
Southern Inner Coastal Plain Silty Longleaf Pine / Sand Post Oak Woodland United States (South Carolina, Georgia)
Western Florida Panhandle Xeric Lowland Sandhill Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (Florida)

Predators

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Seed predators are undeterred by nectar-feeding ants on Chamaecrista nictitans (Caesalpineaceae), Scott Ruhren, Plant Ecology 166: 189–198, 2003.
♦ 3Daniels, J. C. Ceraunus Blue Butterfly, Hemiargus ceraunus (Fabricius)(Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). University of Florida
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0