Cassia fasciculata

Partridge Pea

A showy annual legume with beautiful featherlike leaves and bright yellow flowers all summer. The fruit is a small flat pod that is an excellent food source for quail and many other birds. Grows well on poor ground.

Height 24-40 Inches

Spread 18 Inches

Bloom/Seasonal Color Yellow

Good Companions Foxglove Beard Tongue (Penstemon digitalis), Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium), Eastern Blazing Star (Liatris scariosa), Compass Plant (Silphium laciniatum)

Characteristics & Attributes

Hydrologic Designation • FACU-	Nature Attracting • Songbird	Season of Interest • Late (July-frost) • Mid (May-June)
Soil Moisture • Average	Sun Exposure • Full Sun	USFS MO Ecological Map • Central Dissected Till Plain • Osage Plains • Mississippi Aluvial Basin • Ozark Highlands
Wildlife Benefit • Food/Birds