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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Sensitive Partridge Pea

Chamaecrista nictitans
native · Central Texas

Sensitive Partridge Pea is a shrub native to Central Texas that grows 1 ft tall. It wants full sun. Blooms yellow in Jul–Aug.

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The facts

5 sources
Type
Shrub
Sun
Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
Height
About 1 ft
Bloom
Jul–Aug · yellow

Where it grows

8 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.