Taxon: Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene

See also subordinate taxa:

• Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata (2 accessions)
• Chamaecrista fasciculata var. macrosperma (no accessions)

Common names:

• golden cassia   (Source: Hortus 3 )
  
• partridge-pea   (Source: F Mich )
  
• prairie senna   (Source: Hortus 3 )
  
• sensitive-pea   (Source: Websters Dict as Cassia fasciculata)
  
• showy partridge-pea   (Source: Leg ErWild )
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control; shade/shelter   (for roadsides and recreational areas fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 1999; Leg ErWild)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (to livestock fide Kingsbury, as Cassia fasciculata)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Chamaecrista fasciculata from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan [s.], New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota [s.], Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota [s.e.], Wisconsin
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico [e.], Texas

References:

• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. (NRCS Cons Pl Mat)
• Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. (Leg ErWild)
• Irwin, H. S. & R. C. Barneby. 1982. The American Cassiinae: a synoptical revision of Leguminosae tribe Cassieae subtribe Cassiinae in the New World. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35:802.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains) [= Cassia chamaecrista L.].
• Voss, E. 1972–. Michigan flora. (F Mich) [= Cassia chamaecrista L.].
• Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania. (Atlas Penn)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Chamaecrista fasciculata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Chamaecrista fasciculata. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Cassia chamaecrista L.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Cassia chamaecrista var. robusta Pollard
  
• (≡) Cassia fasciculata Michx. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 9 accessions)
• Cassia fasciculata var. macrosperma Fernald [≡ Chamaecrista fasciculata var. macrosperma]
  
• (=) Cassia robusta (Pollard) Pollard
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Chamaecrista robusta (Pollard) Pollard ex A. Heller
  

Check other databases for Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
• GRIN nodulation data

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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