North Carolina Wildflowers

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Fabaceae>Cassia

Cassia Partridge Pea (Cassia fasciculata recently placed into Chamaecrista fasciculata)
Durham Co., NC 8/20/2005

This species and other relatives are the caterpillar host plant for several species of sulphurs, including Cloudless Sulphur, Little Yellow, and Sleepy Orange.

Partridge Pea (Cassia fasciculata recently placed into Chamaecrista fasciculata)
Durham Co., NC 8/20/2005

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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