Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Learn more about Coffeeweed from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-05-001:
Cassia obtusifolia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Coffeeweed, Sicklepod
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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
Roxanna Martin rlm82209_246
August Spartanburg County SC
Sepals unequal, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_senna_obtusifolia_5
September
Flowers are solitary or paired in upper leaf axils, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
JK Marlow jkm161106_145
November Williamsburg County SC
One to two legumes per node, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
JK Marlow jkm161106_147
November Williamsburg County SC
Legume narrowly linear, strongly curved, tetragonal, 1-2dm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.