2022年9月1日 · Showy partridge pea is an annual that typically occurs in fields, pastures, along roadsides and railroads, as well as glades, upland prairies, openings in upland forests, savannas, ledges and tops of bluffs, and banks of streams and rivers. Its five-petaled yellow flowers, tinged with red at the base, bloom from July through October.

Partridge pea is growing more popular as a native wildflower for gardening and naturalizing. It attracts pollinators, has attractive flowers and leaves, and requires little extra water. The interesting flowers and their interactions with bumblebees have been a topic of research for biologists who study plant-insect interactions.

Lathyrus latifolius, commonly called everlasting pea, is a rhizomatous herbaceous long-lived perennial with trailing or climbing stems that produces attractive rose to white pea-like flowers over a long summer bloom.

Blue false indigo is a native bushy perennial with three-parted compound leaves and showy, upright stalks of blue pea flowers. The seedpods are inflated and turn black upon maturity, and the seeds rattle around in the dry pods.

Chamaecrista fasciculate, commonly known by a large number of common names including partridge pea, prairie senna, golden cassia, large-flowered sensitive pea, sleeping plant, and locust weed, is a showy annual flower in the legume family that typically grows to 1-3’ tall. Shorter plants stand erect, but taller plants tend to sprawl.

Help welcome nature to your neighborhood by planting this mix of native Missouri wildflowers in a small patch of yard or a few pots/ containers. These native wildflowers will grow best in outdoor, sunny areas. In 1-2 large pots, or a 6 sq.-foot area of bare earth (remove grass), plant seeds 2-4 cm deep. Space seeds 8-15 cm apart.

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Partridge pea is an easy-to-grow wildlife magnet. Bees--especially honeybees and bumblebees-- are the main pollinators. Certain yellow butterflies commonly known as sulfurs use partridge pea as a host plant; the caterpillars of these butterflies use the foliage as a primary food source.

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