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.

Additional Information:

[ Add to Shopping List ]

Height
24-40 Inches

Spread
-18 Inches

Bloom/Seasonal Color
Yellow

Home Owner Growing and Maintenance Tips:

Good Companions

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

Characteristics & Attributes

Hydrologic Designation

•

UPL

Nature Attracting

•

Songbird

Season of Interest

•	Mid (May-June)
•	Late (July-frost)

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