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Senna corymbosa

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Senna corymbosa
Senna corymbosa in bloom
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Genus: Senna
Species:
S. corymbosa
Binomial name
Senna corymbosa
Synonyms

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Senna corymbosa is an ornamental plant in the genus Senna. It is also known as Argentine senna, Argentina senna, buttercup bush, flowering senna, Texas flowery senna or tree senna.

Description

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Cloudless Sulfur Caterpillar (Phoebis sennae) eating yellow buttercup bush flowers (Senna corymbosa)

This evergreen shrub reaches a height of about one meter. It can be grown in temperate climates as it is somewhat frost-hardy. The soil should be loamy and peaty. Argentine Senna may be propagated by cuttings planted in sand in warm and protected conditions (e.g. a glasshouse). In the Northern Hemisphere, it flowers in July.[1]

Synonyms

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Synonyms:[2]

  • Adipera corymbosa (Lam.) Britton & Rose
  • Cassia corymbosa Lam.
  • Cassia crassifolia Ortega
  • Cassia falcata Dum. Cours.
Cassia falcata L. is a synonym of Senna occidentalis
  • Chamaefistula corymbosa (Lam.) G.Don

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Pink (1904)
  2. ^ ILDIS (2005), USDA (2007)

References

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http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000163689