Wild Senna
Senna hebecarpa
Also known as: American Senna
Showy yellow flower clusters and tropical-looking pinnate foliage, and a host plant for sulphur butterflies. Despite the pea-family look, Senna is one of the legume genera that doesn't nodulate — it fixes no nitrogen.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 4–6 ft
- Spacing
- 3–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- July, August
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, hummingbirds, larval host
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV
Related native plants
More Senna species
- Lindheimer's Senna (Senna lindheimeriana)
- Two-leaf Senna (Senna roemeriana)
- Maryland Senna (Senna marilandica)
- Shrubby Senna (Senna wislizeni)