Fabaceae
Woolly senna
Senna hirsuta
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Senna
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 毛決明, 毛决明, 毛荚决明
- English
- Woolly senna
- sg
- Bängërëwä
- Thai
- โผงเผง
Synonyms
- Cassia hirsuta L.
- Cassia venenifera G.Mey.
- Ditremexa hirsuta (L.) Britton & Rose
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: desertnaturalist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Grete Pasch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Wendy McCrady, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ángela Patricia Rojas Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Field, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ginko14, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, 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.