Chamaecrista lineata (Sw.)Greene var. keyensis (Pennell)H.S.Irwin & Barneby

Narrowpod Sensitive Pea
Key Cassia
Big Pine Partridge Pea

Florida native

Endemic to Florida

Endangered Florida species

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A rare endemic of pinelands in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties, including the Keys.
Big Pine partridge pea is a perennial with spreading or ascending shaggy-pubescent stems that are woody near the base and up to 8dm (31-1/2 in.) long. The leaves have lanceolate stipules 4-5mm (~3/16 in.) long and four to seven pairs of densely pubescent leaflets each up to 1cm (~3/8 in.) in length. The yellow flowers are typically about 2cm (~3/4 in.) in diameter with the larger petals up to 15mm (6/10 in.) long. Fruit is a minutely pubescent linear legume 4-5mm (~3/16 in.) wide and 4-4.5cm (~1-3/4 in.)long
Other varieties of Chamaecrista lineata are found in the Bahamas, Greater Antilles and the Virgin Islands.

Chamaecrista lineata is a member of the Fabaceae - Pea family.

Other species of the Chamaecrista genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
  Chamaecrista fasciculata - PARTRIDGE PEA
  Chamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans - PARTRIDGE PEA

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species

iNaturalist profile for this species

USDA Plant Profile for this species

Date record last modified: Jul 29, 2024