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The large, showy, yellow flowers of our Plant of the Week, Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) peak starting in June and last through October. It is a slender-stemmed annual, with pinnately-compound leaves made up of many small leaflets that fold when touched. The fruit is a narrow, legume pod. Partridge Pea is one of 119 species worldwide and one of seven species in Texas. Grouped as Sensitive and Partridge Peas under the Legumes (Fabaceae family), it is easy to list the similarities. But