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Family: Fabaceae
partridge pea
[ Cassia brachiata (Pollard)J.F.Macbr., moreCassia chamaecrista L., Cassia fasciculata Michx., Cassia fasciculata var. brachiata (Pollard)Isely, Cassia fasciculata var. depressa (Pollard)J.F.Macbr., Cassia fasciculata var. ferrisiae (Britton)B.L.Turner, Cassia fasciculata var. macrosperma Fernald, Cassia fasciculata var. puberula (Greene)J.F.Macbr., Cassia fasciculata var. robusta (Pollard)J.F.Macbr., Cassia fasciculata var. rostrata (Wooton & Standl.)B.L.Turner, Cassia fasciculata var. tracyi (Pollard)J.F.Macbr., Cassia robusta (Pollard)Pollard, Cassia rostrata (Wooton & Standl.)Tiderstr., Chamaecrista brachiata Pollard, Chamaecrista depressa (Pollard)Greene, Chamaecrista littoralis Pollard, Chamaecrista mississippiensis (Pollard)A.Heller, Chamaecrista robusta (Pollard)A.Heller, Chamaecrista rostrata Wooton & Standl., Chamaecrista tracyi Pollard] |
Annual; stems erect, ascending or rarely spreading, pubescent; petiolar gland saucer-shaped, sessile or nearly so; lfls 5-18 pairs, oblong, usually 1-2 cm, acute to obtuse, mucronate; fls 1-6 in short, axillary, bracteate racemes; pedicels 1-2 cm; pet subequal, 1-2 cm, 4 of them red-marked at base; stamens 10, very unequal; anthers linear, several times longer than their filaments, the two largest commonly 8 mm; pods linear-oblong, 3-6 cm, flat, straight; 2n=16. In a wide variety of ±open, often disturbed habitats; Mass. to s. Minn., s. to Fla. and Mex., commoner southward. July-Sept. (C. chamaecrista; Cassia f.)
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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