BOTANICAL: Cassia marilandica

PRONOUNCED: KASS-ee-uh mar-i-LAND-ih-kuh

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COMMON: Wild senna BLOOM HEIGHT LIGHT ZONE Mid-July to late-August 4 ft. - 6 ft. x equal spread Sun 4 - 9 July - Bright yellow COMMENTS: A beautiful and bold native North American plant. The flowers are clusters of sweet pealike, 3-inch florets with dark brown anthers which grow from the leaf axil, and later develop into 4-inch long seed pods. The leaves are a light green, pinnately compound with individual leaflets to 2-inches long. Very suitable for wild areas, grown as a specimen, or the back of large beds. It adapts well to almost any well-drained, moist soil.