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Fabaceae

Velvet leaf senna

Senna lindheimeriana (Scheele) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Senna

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Velvet leaf senna: Photo of Senna lindheimeriana (velvet leaf senna or cassia) at the Desert Demonstration Garden in Las Vegas
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
English
Velvet leaf senna, Velvet-leaved senna

Synonyms

  • Cassia lindheimeriana Scheele
  • Earleocassia lindeheimeriana (Scheele) Britton & Rose
  • Earleocassia lindeheimeriana (Scheele) Britton
  • Earleocassia lindheimeriana (Scheele) Britton

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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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.