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Sensitive Pea

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Chamaecrista is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as sensitive pea. Several species are capable of rapid plant movement. Unlike the related genera Cassia and Senna, members of Chamaecrista form root nodules.

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Flowering phenology in species of Chamaecrista (L.) Moench: tempora...

Watch a patch of partridge peas closely enough and you'll catch individual plants flipping which ...

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Chamaecrista nictitans
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Chamaecrista
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Fabales
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Habit: herb

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