Introductory
SPECIES: Cassia fasciculata | Showy Partridgepea 



ABBREVIATION : 
CASFAS

SYNONYMS : 
   Cassia chamaecrista L.
   Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   CAFA
   CAFAB
   CAFAP
   CAFAR2


COMMON NAMES : 
   showy partridgepea
   prairie partridgepea
   partridge pea
   prairie senna
   large-flowered sensitive-pea
   dwarf cassia
   partridgepea senna
   locust weed
   golden cassia


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for showy partridgepea is Cassia
fasciculata Michx. [4,13,18].  Recognized varieties and forms are as
follows [4,13,16,18,27]:

        C. fasciculata var. fasciculata
        C. fasciculata var. brachiata (Pollard) Pullen ex Isely
        C. fasciculata var. robusta Pollard
        C. fasciculata var. puberula (Greene) J. F. Macbr.
        C. fasciculata var. rostrata (Woot. & Standl.) B. L. Turner
        C. fasciculata var. depressa (Pollard) Macbr.
        C. fasciculata var. macrosperma Fern.
        C. fasciculata forma transmutata Fern.
        C. fasciculata forma mutata Fern.


LIFE FORM : 
Forb

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Julie L. Tesky, June 1992.


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Tesky, Julie L. 1992. Cassia fasciculata. In: Remainder of Citation

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