Friday Focus on Fruit: Florida Native Plant SENSITIVE PEA (Chamaecrista nictitans var. aspera)

Friday Focus on Fruit: Florida Native Plant SENSITIVE PEA (Chamaecrista nictitans var. aspera)

A cousin to Partridge Pea, flowers somewhat smaller, plant height 1 to 1-1/2 ft. This annual is popular with pollinators. Freely self seeds. Synonym: Cassia nictitans

Learn: http://pinellas.fnpschapters.org/index.php?id=cassias

Larval host: Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae), Little Yellow (Eurema lisa) and Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus) Butterflies. {source: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw057} and possibly Sleepy Orange (Eurema nicippe) {NABA}

Native American Ethnobotany for this genus: http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Chamaecrista+nictitans

Where does it grow in Florida? http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=3223

Additional photos:

SENSITIVE PEA (Chamaecrista nictitans var. aspera)

SENSITIVE PEA (Chamaecrista nictitans var. aspera)

SENSITIVE PEA (Chamaecrista nictitans)

My take: https://floridawildlifegardentails.wordpress.com/2017/03/23/enjoying-little-things-in-the-garden/

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• ethnobotany
• Florida Native Plant
• Florida wildflower
• fruit
• seeds