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Wislizenus' senna, Wislizenus' wild sensitive plant

American senna, northern wild senna

Habit Herbs, perennial, to 0.8–2.2 m.Leaves mesophyllous, 13–23 cm, finely hairy; stipules caducous; extrafloral nectary 1, base of or along petiole, sessile or shortly stipitate; leaflet pairs 6–10, blades elliptic, oblong-elliptic, or lanceolate-elliptic, 30–60 × 10–20 mm.
Racemes

25–37-flowered;

bracts caducous.

Pedicels

11–22 mm.

Flowers

monosymmetric;

calyx pinkish brown;

corolla yellow, longest petal 8–12 mm;

androecium heterantherous, stamens 7, staminodes 3;

anthers of middle stamens 2.6–3.5 mm, of abaxial stamens 4–5 mm, truncate, dehiscing by 2 pores, apical appendage 0;

gynoecium incurved, ovules 10–16;

ovary densely hairy;

style incurved, not dilated.

Legumes

ascending, flat, curved downward, 60–115 × 5.5–8 mm, corrugated over seeds, tardily dehiscent, each seed compartment nearly as wide as long.

Seeds

ochre, yellowish brown, or dark reddish brown, ovoid or rhomboid.

Senna wislizeni

Senna hebecarpa

Phenology Flowering mid summer–early fall.
Habitat Open woodlands, valley floors, creek banks, swamps, thickets, pastures.
Elevation 0–500 m. (0–1600 ft.)
Distribution
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sw United States; Mexico
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Discussion

Varieties 4 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Caesalpinioideae (excluding Mimosoid clade) > Senna Fabaceae > subfam. Caesalpinioideae (excluding Mimosoid clade) > Senna
Sibling taxa
S. alata, S. armata, S. artemisioides, S. atomaria, S. bauhinioides, S. corymbosa, S. covesii, S. durangensis, S. hebecarpa, S. hirsuta, S. ligustrina, S. lindheimeriana, S. marilandica, S. mexicana, S. multiglandulosa, S. obtusifolia, S. occidentalis, S. orcuttii, S. pendula, S. pilosior, S. pumilio, S. ripleyana, S. roemeriana, S. surattensis
S. alata, S. armata, S. artemisioides, S. atomaria, S. bauhinioides, S. corymbosa, S. covesii, S. durangensis, S. hirsuta, S. ligustrina, S. lindheimeriana, S. marilandica, S. mexicana, S. multiglandulosa, S. obtusifolia, S. occidentalis, S. orcuttii, S. pendula, S. pilosior, S. pumilio, S. ripleyana, S. roemeriana, S. surattensis, S. wislizeni
Subordinate taxa
S. wislizeni var. wislizeni
Synonyms Cassia wislizeni, Palmerocassia wislizeni Cassia hebecarpa, C. hebecarpa var. longipila, S. hebecarpa var. longipila
Name authority (A. Gray) H. S. Irwin & Barneby: Phytologia 44: 500. (1979) (Fernald) H. S. Irwin & Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35: 446. (1982)
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