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Fabaceae
Golden cassia
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Also known as Chamaecrista mississippiensis, Chamaecrista robusta, Cassia fasciculata, Grimaldia chamaecrista
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Native Wildflower · Pollinator Plant · Nitrogen Fixer · Prairie · Meadow · Yellow Flowers · Fabaceae · Butterfly Garden · Low Maintenance · Self-Seeding
Partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) is a cheerful native annual-behaving perennial that fixes nitrogen in the soil and produces bright yellow flowers beloved by bumblebees and sulfur butterflies. It thrives in poor, well-drained soils and full sun, requiring very little supplemental watering once established. Ideal for meadow gardens, prairie restorations, or pollinator strips where it readily self-seeds year to year.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water until soil is moist at root depth; allow surface to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Bolivia, Canary Is., Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Masachusettes, Mauritius, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I.
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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