| Description | A tall native legume Prairie plant. |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy, Wild Flowers |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, moist |
| Soil & Site | average, open woods, roadsides, streambanks; in sandy, loamy soil |
| Flowers | yellow, five parted, borne on a panicle, large seeds |
| Leaves | large pinnately compound leaves, mammal herbivores usually avoid consumption of the foliage, which has purgative properties (#153) |
| Dimensions | 3-6 feet tall |
| Propagation | seeds, need scarification |
| Misc Facts | Senna from the Arabic name Sana and hebecarpa, hebe for young man, carpos for fruit hence fuzzy fruit. (#100)(syn Cassia hebecarpa) |
| Notes & Reference | #100-Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (Merel Black and Emmet Judziewicz), #153-Illinois Wild Flower (www.illinoiswildflowers.info) |
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