PLANTS Profile for Senna artemisioides (silver senna)

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PLANTS Profile

Senna artemisioides (Gaudich. ex DC.) Randell
silver senna

Symbol:

SEAR13

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Senna artemisioides (Gaudich. ex DC.) Randell

Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Australia, New South Wales, Broken Hill. Usage Requirements.

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Senna artemisioides (Gaudich. ex DC.) Randell

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Synonyms:
Senna artemisioides (Gaudich. ex DC.) Randell

CAAR19

Cassia artemisioides Gaudich. ex DC.

Distribution:
Senna artemisioides (Gaudich. ex DC.) Randell


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USA (AZ, CA)

Related Taxa:
Senna artemisioides (Gaudich. ex DC.) Randell

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 60 species in Senna or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Senna artemisioides ssp. circinnata

Senna artemisioides ssp. ×coriacea
scented senna

Senna artemisioides ssp. helmsii
blunt-leaf cassia

Senna artemisioides ssp. petiolaris

Senna artemisioides ssp. ×sturtii
dense cassia

Senna artemisioides ssp. zygophylla

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Senna artemisioides (Gaudich. ex DC.) Randell

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Senna Mill. – senna
Species	Senna artemisioides (Gaudich. ex DC.) Randell – silver senna

Introduced Information:
Senna artemisioides (Gaudich. ex DC.) Randell

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Senna artemisioides (Gaudich. ex DC.) Randell

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 507170.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 10/07/2008 10:33 AM MDT