Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Senna hebecarpa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Senna hebecarpa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 098-05-003:
Cassia hebecarpa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Northern Wild Senna, American 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.
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.
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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.
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Keith Bradley kab_senna_hebecarpa_1849
July Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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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.