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§1 Plant

Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench ssp. nictitans var. leptadenia (Greenm.) Gandhi & Hatch

vernacular sensitive partridge pea — variety · Fabaceae

USDA
CHNIL
GBIF
2950302 syn.
Rank
variety
sensitive partridge pea (Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans)
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

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 14 counties across 3 states/territories
Legend Native · 14 Introduced · 0 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 14 counties across 3 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 3 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/CHNIL ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/2950302 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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