Lindheimer's Senna

Senna lindheimeriana

Lindheimer's senna is a velvety-leaved Texas perennial with spikes of golden flowers in late summer, a drought-tolerant native legume that is a larval host for cloudless sulphur and other sulphur butterflies.

Family: Fabaceae
Type: wildflower
Lifespan: perennial
Height: 2–5 ft
Spacing: 2–3 ft apart
Light: sun
Soil moisture: dry
Soil pH: neutral, alkaline
Bloom: July, August, September
Bloom colors: yellow
Wildlife value: pollinators, butterflies, larval host
Landscape uses: border
Native states: NM, TX