Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Senna obtusifolia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Senna obtusifolia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 098-05-001:
Cassia obtusifolia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Coffeeweed, Sicklepod
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cato81_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0308a_25
August Williamsburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140803_281
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaflets 4-6, terminal pair largest, obovate, widely rounded apically, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
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Roxanna Martin rlm82209_246
August Spartanburg County SC
Sepals unequal, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_senna_obtusifolia_4
August
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JK Marlow jkm180924_4933
September McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
What's with the 8 leaflets???
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Roxanna Martin rlm9410_412
September Spartanburg County SC
Slightly unequal dull yellow petals that never seem to be open fully, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_senna_obtusifolia_5
September
Flowers are solitary or paired in upper leaf axils, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm161106_145
November Williamsburg County SC
One to two legumes per node, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm161106_147
November Williamsburg County SC
Legume narrowly linear, strongly curved, tetragonal, 1-2dm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm181111_5822
November Williamsburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm181111_5824
November Williamsburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm181111_5902
November Orangeburg County SC