Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Learn more about Chamaecrista from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Chamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-05-006:
Cassia nictitans FAMILY Fabaceae
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cassia nictitans var. hebecarpa
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cassia nictitans var. nictitans
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chamaecrista multipinnata
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chamaecrista procumbens
COMMON NAME:
Sensitive Partridge-pea, Common Sensitive-plant
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JK Marlow jkm220722_9286
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow s021015_c
October Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Chamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-05-006:
Cassia nictitans
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cassia nictitans var. hebecarpa
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cassia nictitans var. nictitans
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chamaecrista multipinnata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chamaecrista procumbens
283
Subshrub; Forb
Annual
Habitat: forests, woodlands, disturbed areas, pine savannas, and a wide variety of other habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: (14)20-36(44) leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5 stamens, of varying lengths
Superior ovary
Bisexual
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 (Miller & Miller, 2005) p026
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p236
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p089
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p228
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p028
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p189
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p129
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p166
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p074
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p065
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