OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Senna hebecarpa   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Senna hebecarpa   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Senna hebecarpa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Cassia hebecarpa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-05-003:

Cassia hebecarpa   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ditremexa marylandica

 

COMMON NAME:
Northern Wild Senna


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image of Senna hebecarpa, Northern Wild Senna

JK Marlow    jkm070703_016

July    Summers County    WV

Sandstone Visitors Center

5-10 pairs of leaflets, elliptic, 1-2" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).


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image of Senna hebecarpa, Northern Wild Senna

JK Marlow    jkm070703_018

July    Summers County    WV

Sandstone Visitors Center

image of Senna hebecarpa, Northern Wild Senna

Keith Bradley    kab_senna_hebecarpa_1826

July    Blount County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Senna hebecarpa, Northern Wild Senna

Keith Bradley    kab_senna_hebecarpa_1832

July    Blount County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Senna hebecarpa, Northern Wild Senna

Keith Bradley    kab_senna_hebecarpa_1836

July    Blount County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Five unequal petals. The upper 3 stamens are sterile, the lower 7 fertile, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Senna hebecarpa, Northern Wild Senna

Keith Bradley    kab_senna_hebecarpa_1839

July    Blount County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Flowers 3/4" wide and numerous in axillary racemes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Senna hebecarpa, Northern Wild Senna

Keith Bradley    kab_senna_hebecarpa_1849

July    Blount County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Senna hebecarpa, Northern Wild Senna

Eric Ungberg    ung_20180907_174056

September    Granville County    NC

Picture Creek Diabase Barrens

image of Senna hebecarpa, Northern Wild Senna

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_senna_hebecarpa2e

October    Moore County    NC

Utility right-of-way

Legume 5.5-8mm wide, with broad, nearly square segments, per Weakley's Flora (2018).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Senna hebecarpa   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Senna hebecarpa   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Senna hebecarpa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Cassia hebecarpa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-05-003:
Cassia hebecarpa   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ditremexa marylandica

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Open wet habitats, moist forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 10-20 leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
10 stamens, the upper 3 sterile, the lower 7 fertile & unequal in size
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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