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Chamaecrista fasciculata
Sleepingplant or partridge-pea is a slender-stemmed, 1-3 ft. annual with pinnately-compound leaves bearing many small, yellow-green leaflets which fold together when touched. Large, showy, yellow flowers arise from leaf axils. Each flower is marked with red and is followed by a narrow pod. This wildflower attracts bees and butterflies. Seed pods are eaten by gamebirds and songbirds, and the plant provides excellent cover for gamebirds and browse for deer. Leaves collapse when touched, giving rise to the common name Sensitive-plant.
Bittern Marsh Trail in Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area.
Spotted on Sep 12, 2012
Submitted on Sep 19, 2012
3 Comments
Thank you for adding this to Seed Pods of Qld Joan. Unfortunately, it does not fall in the specified area, so I have removed it. Thank you.
Your probably thinking of Sensitive Plant; Mimosa pudica.
Today I took pictures of something very similar but with purple flowers, if you touch them they fold close, wonder if they are related? it is a kind of weed but very beautiful and entertaining.