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Chamaecrista fasciculata |
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Synonym(s) |
Cassia fasciculata |
Common name |
partridge pea |
Family |
fabaceae |
Life cycle |
annual |
Flowers |
yellow |
Size |
24-36" |
Light |
sun-part shade |
From seed |
Scarify, germinate with bottom heat detailed seed-starting info below
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Blue-green composite leaves in alternate arrangement, bright yellow flowers with burgundy stamens. A pollinator favorite, and host to the sleepy orange and orange sulfur butterflies. As I hoped, the nursery-bought plants dropped plenty of seed, which germinated in March of the following years.
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| A forest of partridge pea seedlings among the agaves and rain lilies of the border |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: left fence border, houston front yard About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Chamaecrista fasciculata
- Seed from '06 trade. Scarified with sandpaper, baggy 70F (17d) - 75F (55%G, 2-21d). Most germination did not occur until after a second round of scarification
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