genus
Sennas
Senna
Field notes
Children 24 of 72
- Candelabra Bush present
- American Sicklepod native
- Lindheimer's Senna native
- Silver Senna introduced
- American Senna native
- Coffee Senna present
- Christmas Senna present
- Two-leaved Senna native
- Peanut-Butter Cassia introduced
- Maryland Senna native
- Kassod Tree present
- Coues' Senna native
- Buttercup Bush present
- Arsenic Bush present
- Sunshine Tree present
- Spiny Senna native
- Twin-flowered Cassia present
- Whitebark Senna present
- Matura Tea Tree
- Flor De San Jose present
- Hairy Senna present
- Money Bush present
- Argentine Senna present
- Reticulate Senna present
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Trees
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native sennas All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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American Sicklepod
Senna obtusifolia
caterpillars
10
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
5
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Maryland Senna
Senna marilandica
caterpillars
7
food
1
flowers
23
-
Lindheimer's Senna
Senna lindheimeriana
caterpillars
6
flowers
8
-
Two-leaved Senna
Senna roemeriana
caterpillars
5
food
1
flowers
4
-
Privet Senna
Senna ligustrina
caterpillars
5
flowers
6
-
Two-Leaved Senna
Senna bauhinioides
caterpillars
5
flowers
4
-
Wislizenus' Senna
Senna wislizeni
caterpillars
5
flowers
4
-
Dwarf Senna
Senna pumilio
caterpillars
5
flowers
3
-
Trans-Pecos Senna
Senna pilosior
caterpillars
5
flowers
2
-
Durango Senna
Senna durangensis
caterpillars
5
flowers
2
-
Spiny Senna
Senna armata
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
2
-
Coues' Senna
Senna covesii
caterpillars
4
flowers
9
-
Chapman's Wild Sensitive Plant
Senna chapmanii
caterpillars
4
flowers
4
-
American Senna
Senna hebecarpa
caterpillars
3
flowers
19
-
Orcutt's Senna
Senna orcuttii
caterpillars
2
flowers
1