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Chamaecrista fasciculata (Partridge Pea; Showy partridgepea; sleepingplant)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Chamaecrista fasciculata, the partridge pea, is a species of legume native to most of the eastern United States. It is an annual which grows to approximately 0.5 meters tall. It has bright yellow flowers from early summer until first frost, with flowers through the entire flowering season if rainfall is sufficient.
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Infraspecies

Cassia chamaecrista f. chamaecrista

Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Early Summer
Drought Tolerance [1]  Medium
Fire Tolerance [1]  None
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [1]  4 months 10 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Summer
Growth Form [1]  Bunch
Growth Period [1]  Spring
Growth Rate [1]  Rapid
Hazards [2]  The plant is considered toxic for grazing animals;
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Annual
Propagation [1]  Seed
Root Depth [1]  14 inches (36 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [1]  Rapid
Seed Vigor [1]  High
Seeds Per [1]  65000 / lb (143300 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [1]  Erect
Structure [3]  Herb
Usage [2]  Plants have an extensive root system and are used to stabilize soils.
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  None
Flower Color [1]  Yellow
Foliage Color [1]  Green
Fruit Color [1]  Black
Flower Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Height [2]  39 inches (1 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 6 Low Temperature: -10 F° (-23.3 C°) → 0 F° (-17.8 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Mostly Shady
Soil Acidity [1]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [1]  Intermediate
Water Use [1]  Moderate
Screening - Summer [1]  Dense
Screening - Winter [1]  Porous
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Protected Areas

Predators

Colinus virginianus (Northern Bobwhite)[4]
Hemiargus ceraunus (ceraunus blue)[5]
Phoebis sennae (Cloudless giant sulpher)[4]
Pseudococcus sorghiellus (trochanter mealybug)[6]
Toumeyella liriodendri (tuliptree scale)[6]

Providers

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 5Daniels, J. C. Ceraunus Blue Butterfly, Hemiargus ceraunus (Fabricius)(Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). University of Florida
♦ 6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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