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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Caesalpiniaceae
Senna marilandica (L.) Link
Maryland senna, southern wild senna
Senna: from the Arabic name Sana
marilandica: of Maryland
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, perennial forb 40"-80" tall |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, 3/4"-1 1/4" wide, petals slightly unequal, buds nodding; inflorescence several clusters (racemes) from the leaf axils |
| Fruit: | pod with seeds about 2 times as wide as long; seeds plump, almost 2 times as long as wide |
| Leaf: | pinnately-divided into usually 4-8 pairs of leaflets |
| Habitat: | moist; open woods, streambanks |
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