A perennial with paired leaflets and yellow flowers.
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Overview
American senna is a tall eastern North American perennial of moist woodland edges, riverbanks and disturbed meadows. Alternate compound leaves carry five to ten pairs of smooth-edged leaflets.
Clusters of yellow flowers appear in summer, followed by flattened brown pods. The flowers provide pollen for bumblebees but no nectar; nectar glands occur at leaf-stalk bases. Caterpillars of sulphur butterflies use the foliage, and bobwhites eat the seeds.
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- Botanical accountSenna hebecarpaResearch access: 2026-10-23
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AI-generated botanical interpretationA perennial with paired leaflets and yellow flowers.
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