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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Seymeria cassioides   FAMILY Orobanchaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Seymeria cassioides   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Seymeria cassioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)

Seymeria cassioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-23-001:

Seymeria cassioides   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Afzelia cassioides

 

COMMON NAME:
Senna Seymeria, Yaupon Black-senna


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image of Seymeria cassioides, Senna Seymeria, Yaupon Black-senna

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_seymeria_cassoides

September        

Leaves opposite, thread-like, 1-1.5cm long and less than 0.5mm wide, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Seymeria cassioides, Senna Seymeria, Yaupon Black-senna

Will Stuart    wil_8442010888_baa26401c1

September    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

image of Seymeria cassioides, Senna Seymeria, Yaupon Black-senna

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_seymeria_cassioides

October        

Flowers with 5 rounded lobes, two of which are partially united, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Seymeria cassioides, Senna Seymeria, Yaupon Black-senna

Sharleen Johnson    shj_1251013245477683

December    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Seymeria cassioides   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Seymeria cassioides   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Seymeria cassioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Seymeria cassioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-23-001:
Seymeria cassioides   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Afzelia cassioides

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2550

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Dry to moist pinelands, wet pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands, an obligate hemiparasite on Pinus spp, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple: Parted or divided into filiform segments less than 0.5mm wide
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed rotate corolla
4 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Fall
Capsule

 

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