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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Senna hebecarpa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Northern Wild Senna from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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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).
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
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JK Marlow jkm070703_018
July Summers County WV
Sandstone Visitors Center
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Keith Bradley kab_senna_hebecarpa_1826
July Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_senna_hebecarpa_1832
July Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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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).
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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).
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Keith Bradley kab_senna_hebecarpa_1849
July Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Eric Ungberg ung_20180907_174056
September Granville County NC
Picture Creek Diabase Barrens
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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
282
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Open wet habitats, moist forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p266
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p236
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p230
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p176
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p074
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