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Chamaecrista nictitans, the sensitive cassia, [2] sensitive partridge pea, [3] small partridge pea [4] or wild sensitive plant, [4] is a herbaceous species of legume widely distributed through the temperate and tropical Americas. [5] It is an annual plant capable of rapid plant movement—its leaflets fold together when touched. [6]
Chamaecrista fasciculata, the partridge pea, is a species of legume native to most of the eastern United States. [2] It is an annual which grows to approximately 0.5 meters (1 ft 8 in) tall. [ 2 ] It has bright yellow flowers from early summer until first frost, [ 3 ] with flowers through the entire flowering season if rainfall is sufficient.
Chamaecrista is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as sensitive pea. [3] Several species are capable of rapid plant movement. Unlike the related genera Cassia and Senna, members of Chamaecrista form root nodules.
Chamaecrista rotundifolia, the round-leaf cassia, [1] also known as pasto rastiero, roundleaf sensitive pea, [2] and Wynn cassia, [3] is a short-lived perennial or self-generating annual plant [2] in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the family Fabaceae. [4]
medicinal seed medicinal use highly disputed: White mustard: Sinapis alba: Brassicaceae: annual herb: culinary: seeds also known as Brassica alba or B. hirta: Alexanders: Smyrnium olusatrum: Apiaceae: biennial herb culinary, medicinal leaves, seeds entire plant is edible: Kutjera: Solanum centrale: Solanaceae: small shrub culinary fruit Blue ...
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It includes trees, shrubs, and perennial or annual herbaceous plants, which are easily recognized by their fruit and their compound, stipulate leaves. The family is widely distributed, and is the third-largest land plant family in number of species, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae , with about 765 genera and nearly 20,000 known species.
Mitchella repens (commonly partridge berry or squaw vine) is the best known plant in the genus Mitchella. It is a creeping prostrate herbaceous woody shrub occurring in North America belonging to the madder family ( Rubiaceae ).