Herbaceous Wildflower
Sensitive Partridge Pea / Sensitive Pea
Chamaecrista nictitans ยท genus Chamaecrista
Delicate native leguminous wildflower with compound leaves that may fold in response to touch or conditions; smaller flowers than C. fasciculata.
About
Description
Delicate compound leaves with numerous small leaflets; foliage may fold/respond to touch or environmental conditions; smaller flowers than C. fasciculata.
Traditional use. Historical Cherokee medicinal uses documented; ethnobotanical history, not treatment instructions.
Native pollinator resource and leguminous component of disturbed/edge habitat.
Pollinator resource.
Nitrogen-fixing legume.
Summer
Disturbed/edge habitat
Disturbed/edge habitat
Historical Cherokee uses documented, including medicinal applications. Recorded as ethnobotanical history, not treatment instructions.
Flowers + seedpods + leaf arrangement.
Educational use only. Identification, edibility, and traditional medicinal knowledge is shared for learning. Always obtain positive identification before eating, harvesting, or medicinally using any plant or fungi. This Atlas is not medical advice.