Texas Gardening: Gardening with Texas Native plants & Wildflowers. Part 4, 0 by frostweed
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frostweed wrote: Here is a picture of Partridge Pea, ( Cassia fasciculata ) This is a lovely native legume. It is an annual that produces very pretty flowers and lots of seed for game and song birds. The adult sulfur butterfly lays its eggs on the leaves, and the larvae use it as a food source. The seedpods burst open when ripe and disperse the seeds. |