Chamaecrista nictitans
About
Chamaecrista nictitans, the sensitive cassia, sensitive partridge pea, small partridge pea or wild sensitive plant, is a herbaceous species of legume widely distributed through the temperate and tropical Americas. It is an annual plant capable of rapid plant movement—its leaflets fold together when touched. However, a population at Haleakala National Park on the island of Maui, Hawaii, was reported as not being sensitive to touch.
- Family
- Fabaceae
How to use it
Sensitive cassia can be used in gardens as an ornamental plant due to its unique leaf movement. It also plays a role in soil health as a legume, helping to fix nitrogen in the soil, which benefits surrounding plants.
Sources: Grangery, en.wikipedia.org
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Chamaecrista nictitans
- Slug
- chamaecrista-nictitans
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Chamaecrista
- Species
- nictitans
- Wikidata QID
- Q5069346
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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