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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Senna marilandica
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Maryland Senna from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Senna marilandica
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Senna marilandica
INCLUDED WITHIN Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Senna marilandica
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-05-004:
Cassia marilandica FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ditremexa medsgeri
COMMON NAME:
Maryland Wild Senna, Maryland Senna
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cama15_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_came23_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_sema11_002_lvd
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sdw_wildsenna_2
July Transylvania County NC
Panthertown
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JK Marlow jkm190801_0439
August Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm190801_0441
August Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm190801_0442
August Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_senna_marilandica_10
August
Inflorescence a few-flowered axillary raceme or terminal paniculate cluster, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_senna_marilandica_12
August
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_senna_marilandica_12b
August
The petiolar gland is usually broadest at or below the middle, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_senna_marilandica_12c
August
Similar to S. hebecarpa, but with fewer flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_senna_marilandica_4
August
Flowers not obviously pea-like, petals open to expose the stamens, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_senna_marilandica3e
September
Legume 8-11mm wide, with narrow segments (much shorter than broad), glabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Senna marilandica
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Senna marilandica
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Senna marilandica
INCLUDED WITHIN
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Senna marilandica
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-05-004:
Cassia marilandica
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ditremexa medsgeri
3784
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry to moist forests, especially on greenstone and diabase barrens and rocky woodlands, thickets, woodland borders, sometimes somewhat weedy, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)
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LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 8-22 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
Flowers in a raceme
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
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p028
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p204
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p139
- 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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