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Narrowpod Sensitive Pea

Chamaecrista lineata var. keyensis

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Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 2 Florida counties.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Florida. Shared habitat, not food. 64 animals.

All wildlife of Florida

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

31CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Cassia

  • Phoebis sennaeCloudless Sulphur
  • Abaeis nicippeSleepy Orange, Sleepy Yellow, Erratic Orange
  • Amyelois transitellaNavel Orangeworm
  • Anabasis ochrodesmaCassia Webworm Moth
  • Aphrissa statiraStatira Sulphur, Migrant Sulphur; Florida Statira Sulphur
  • Ascalapha odorataBlack Witch
  • Automeris ioIo Moth
  • Choristoneura obsoletanaObsolete Leafroller
  • Colias eurythemeOrange Sulphur, Alfalfa Butterfly
  • Epargyreus clarusSilver-Spotted Skipper
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  • Erechthias minusculaCaribbean Scavenger Moth
  • Eumarozia malachitanaSculptured Moth
  • Eurema dairaBarred Yellow, Barred Sulphur
  • Fundella pellucensCaribbean Podborer
  • Hemiargus ceraunusCeraunus Blue, Antillean Blue
  • Leptotes cassiusCassius Blue, Tropical Striped Blue
  • Lesmone detrahensDetracted Owlet
  • Phoebis agaritheLarge Orange Sulphur, Orange Giant Sulphur
  • Phoebis phileaOrange-Barred Sulphur
  • Platynota rostranaOmnivorous Platynota
  • Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
  • Psamatodes abydataDot-Lined Angle
  • Pyrisitia lisaLittle Yellow, Little Sulphur, Lisa Yellow
  • Pyrisitia niseMimosa Yellow, Blacktip Sulphur, Jamaican Sulphur
  • Selenisa sueroidesTailpipes, Pale-Edged Selenisa Moth
  • Thysania zenobiaOwl Moth
  • Trichordestra legitimaStriped Garden Caterpillar Moth
  • Uresiphita reversalisGenista Caterpillar, Genista Cbroom Moth
  • Zale lunataLunate Zale
  • Anypsipyla univitella
  • Lesmone formularis
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
24BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Chamaecrista

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
2BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Chamaecrista

  • Colinus virginianusNorthern Bobwhite
  • Cyrtonyx montezumaeMontezuma Quail
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Fabaceae

What its natural habitat tells you

Conservation status

Florida rankS2
Global rankNot available
FL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

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