A member of the legume family, partridge pea thrives in poor soils and disturbed places: landscape stripped bare from fires, erosion or road construction.
The term "partridge pea" is often used to describe a wide array of small wild peas consumed by bobwhite quail. And although partridge peas are doing quite well (there are plenty of disturbed areas), partridges are not. According to the National Audubon Society, the Northern bobwhite population has declined 82 percent in the past 40 years.
- Photo taken along the Jean Teague Greenway
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What a lovely little flower! I'm sorry to hear about the quails though. Don't quails have a little curved feather on the top of their heads? Or is that only certain varieties? I love it, it's so cute.
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