Partridge Pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
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Partridge Pea is a Virginia native local-ecotype wildflower that typically reaches 1–3 ft and blooms in mid summer and fall with yellow flowers. It offers exceptional pollinator value, food or habitat for birds, and important larval-host relationships.
About This Plant
- Sun Exposure
- Full Sun
- Soil Moisture
- Dry, Medium
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spread
- 1–2 ft
- Bloom Time
- Fall, Mid Summer
- Bloom Color
- Yellow
- Garden Goals
- Deer Resistant, Feed Birds, Help Native Bees, Host Caterpillars, Support Pollinators
- Garden Uses
- Butterfly garden; meadow; pollinator garden; soil improvement
- Wildlife Value
- Cloudless Sulphur; Little Yellow; Sleepy Orange butterflies
Partridge Pea grows best in full sun with dry or medium soil. At maturity, it is typically 1–3 ft tall and 1–2 ft wide. Its flowers, foliage, seeds, or fruit help support butterflies, native bees, and birds. Notable wildlife value includes: Cloudless Sulphur; Little Yellow; Sleepy Orange butterflies. It is well suited to Butterfly garden, meadow, pollinator garden, soil improvement.
Good to know: Annual native legume; nitrogen-fixing; reseeds.