Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench GRIN-Global

Taxon: Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench

Summary

Genus:

Chamaecrista

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Caesalpinioideae

Tribe:

Cassieae

Subtribe:

Cassiinae

Nomen number:

310909

Place of publication:

Methodus 272. 1794

Verified:

12/18/1986 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Reference(s)

Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Brummitt, R. K. 1994. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 41. Taxon 43:272.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Foster, S. & J. A. Duke. A field guide to medicinal plants: Eastern/Central North America, 2nd ed. 2000
Irwin, H. S. & R. C. Barneby. 1982. The American Cassiinae: a synoptical revision of Leguminosae tribe Cassieae subtribe Cassiinae in the New World. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35:823-843.
Lewis, G. P. & P. E. Owen. Legumes of the Ilha de Maraca. 1989
Lewis, G. P. Legumes of Bahia. 1987
McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
Moerman, D. Native American ethnobotany, ed. 5. 1998
Reveal, J. L. 1992. (1040) Proposal to conserve the name and type of Chamaecrista nictitans Moench. Taxon 41:135.
University of Texas at Austin, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Native Plant Information Network database (on-line resource).
Wilbur, R. L. Leguminous plants of North Carolina. 1963
Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961

Common names

English
sensitive cassia –
sensitive partridge-pea –
sensitive-pea –
wild sensitive-plant –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Illinois
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Kansas
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Missouri
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Oklahoma
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Wisconsin
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Connecticut
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Indiana
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Massachusetts
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Michigan
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Hampshire
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New York
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Ohio
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Pennsylvania
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Rhode Island
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Vermont
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	West Virginia
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja Norte
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja Sur
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosi
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Zacatecas
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Alabama
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Arkansas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maryland
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Mississippi
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	South Carolina
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Tennessee
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacan
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Queretaro
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Quintana Roo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatan
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Amapa
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Amazonas
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Bahia
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Ceara
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Espirito Santo
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Maranhao
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Mato Grosso
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Mato Grosso do Sul
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Minas Gerais
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Para
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Parana
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Pernambuco
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rio Grande do Sul
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rondonia
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Santa Catarina
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Sao Paulo
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Aruba
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Bahamas
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Grenada
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Guadeloupe
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Hispaniola
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Martinique
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Netherlands Antilles
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Puerto Rico
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Kitts and Nevis
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Vincent and Grenadines
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Virgin Islands (British)
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Virgin Islands (U.S.)
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	El Salvador
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Panama
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Chaco
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Corrientes
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Formosa
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Jujuy
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Misiones
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Salta
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Cotopaxi
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Guayas
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Loja
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru
4	Naturalized

Native
Northern America

NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja Norte, Baja Sur, Chihuahua, Durango, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona]

Southern America

BRAZIL: Brazil [Amapa, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Espirito Santo, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Para, Parana, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondonia, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo]
CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, Bahamas, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad], St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.)
MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta], Paraguay
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador [Cotopaxi, Guayas, Loja], Peru

Naturalized ()

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=310909. Accessed 30 April 2025.