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§1 Plant

Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench ssp. patellaria (DC. ex Collad.) Irwin & Barneby var. glabrata (Vogel) Irwin & Barneby

vernacular sensitive partridge pea — variety · Fabaceae

USDA
CHNIG
GBIF
2950188 syn.
Rank
variety
sensitive partridge pea (Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. patellaria)
Platephotograph · no rights reservedCC0 · public domain source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Subshrub
Duration
Annual, Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Fabaceae Lindl.
Genus
Chamaecrista
§2a

Native status, by region

  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • NAV Navassa Island Native
  • PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
  • VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b

County-level range

· 4 counties across 1 state
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 4 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 4 counties across 1 state.

Hawaii view state ↗ 4 I ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CHNIG ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2950188 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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