Chamaecrista fasciculata

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Partridge Pea

NJ Ecotype (grown from seed)

  • Herbaceous annual legume; 1-3ft tall

  • Yellow flowers grow in clusters along the stem; blooms midsummer to early fall

  • Attracts large numbers of pollinators including bumblebees, longhorn bees, leafcutting bees, sweatbees, solitary wasps, and ants

  • Songbirds, gamebirds, and small mammals feed on its seed in late summer and fall

  • Reseeds readily via both a launching mechanism and wildlife dispersal

  • Highly beneficial to the soil, this nitrogen fixer grows well in nutrient deficient sites and stablizes erosion

Size:

Partridge Pea

NJ Ecotype (grown from seed)

  • Herbaceous annual legume; 1-3ft tall

  • Yellow flowers grow in clusters along the stem; blooms midsummer to early fall

  • Attracts large numbers of pollinators including bumblebees, longhorn bees, leafcutting bees, sweatbees, solitary wasps, and ants

  • Songbirds, gamebirds, and small mammals feed on its seed in late summer and fall

  • Reseeds readily via both a launching mechanism and wildlife dispersal

  • Highly beneficial to the soil, this nitrogen fixer grows well in nutrient deficient sites and stablizes erosion

Details

  • Yellow

  • Midsummer to early Fall

  • 1-3ft

  • Dry, Medium

  • Full, Partial

  • Clouded Sulphur
    Orange Sulphr
    Sleepy Orange

  • FACU - usually occurs in non-wetlands, but may occur in wetlands

  • 10 days of cold stratification; scarification required