Fabaceae
Whitebark senna
Senna bacillaris
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Senna
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 白皮决明
- English
- Whitebark senna
Synonyms
- Bactyrilobium bacillare (L.f.) Hornem.
- Cassia bacillaris L.f.
- Cathartocarpus bacillaris (L.f.) Pers.
- Cathartocarpus bacillus Pers.
- Chamaefistula bacillaris (L.f.) G.Don
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.