naturalizedFabaceae
Chamaecrista nictitans
sensitive pea
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Chamaecrista nictitans, the sensitivie cassia, sensitive partridge pea, small partridge pea or wild sensitive plant, is a herbaceous species of legume widely distributed through the temperate and tropical Americas. It is an annual plant capable of rapid plant movement—its leaflets fold together when touched.
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Seasonality
49 flowering · 10 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
■ flowering (peak February)■ fruiting (peak September)
This is an inference, not a schedule. The curve reflects when observers annotated flowering and fruiting — which tracks observer effort as well as plant behavior, and pools all elevations and islands into one signal. Hawaiʻi’s microclimates vary enormously; a species may fruit in January at sea level and June at elevation. Use this to know when to look, then look.
Gallery · 8 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 101 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 199 · GBIF 289 records
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 22 · GBIF 43 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 11 · GBIF 24 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 14 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 8 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 11 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 11 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 9 ✓
Pānauinui · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 8 ✓
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 9 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 6 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 7 ✓
Pololū · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 4 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Honokōhau 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kealakekua, Kīloa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honokōhau · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kealakomo · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Lepeuli · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaumalumalu, Pāhoehoe · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamāʻoa, Puʻuʻeo, Ke · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalihikai · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalāheo · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaulanamauna · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻOʻoma 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hāmākuapoko · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Ukumehame · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honolua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauohana, Kehena · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
West Makaīwa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiehu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimano · OʻahuiNat 2
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawela · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
N/A · KahoʻolaweiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paumalū · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Papaʻanui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makanikahio 1-2, Auau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuGBIF 2
Waimea · OʻahuGBIF 2
Waipiʻo · OʻahuGBIF 2
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiiNat 1
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 1
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 1
Kaʻā · LānaʻiiNat 1
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1
Opihikao · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waiawa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Panaʻewa · MauiGBIF 1
Waiheʻe · MauiGBIF 1
Paʻalaea · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Keʻanae · MauiGBIF 1
Papaʻa · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Hauʻula · OʻahuGBIF 1
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kaʻohe · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kamananui · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waipouli · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kīpū · KauaʻiGBIF 1
ʻEleʻele · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Waikahekahenui · HawaiʻiGBIF 1