Partridge Pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. 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.