A wonderful pollinator plant favored by bees, has cheery yellow flowers with distinct red stamens. It has extrafloral nectaries (seen in photo) located at the base of it’s leaves. The extrafloral nectaries produce a sugary liquid that attracts insects like ant and wasps that help protect the plant from herbivory.
“Partridge Pea is an annual and a legume so fixes soil nitrogen and forms attractive maroon seed pods in the fall, from which it readily self-seeds in medium to dry soils, growing to 2’ in height. These seed pods are excellent food for game birds and songbirds that spend the winter with us.” - Prairie Moon Nursery
Native to central to southeastern US
Full to part sun
Medium to dry soils
Height: up to 2’ tall
Blooms July to September
Self-seeding annual
A wonderful pollinator plant favored by bees, has cheery yellow flowers with distinct red stamens. It has extrafloral nectaries (seen in photo) located at the base of it’s leaves. The extrafloral nectaries produce a sugary liquid that attracts insects like ant and wasps that help protect the plant from herbivory.
“Partridge Pea is an annual and a legume so fixes soil nitrogen and forms attractive maroon seed pods in the fall, from which it readily self-seeds in medium to dry soils, growing to 2’ in height. These seed pods are excellent food for game birds and songbirds that spend the winter with us.” - Prairie Moon Nursery
Native to central to southeastern US
Full to part sun
Medium to dry soils
Height: up to 2’ tall
Blooms July to September
Self-seeding annual
