Fabaceae
Maryland senna
Senna marilandica
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Senna
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- سنا أمريكية
- English
- Maryland senna
- Swedish
- Amerikansk senna
Synonyms
- Cassia acuminata Moench
- Cassia marilandica L.
- Cassia marilandica var. floridana Chapm.
- Cassia marylandica L.
- Cassia medsgeri Shafer
- Cassia reflexa Salisb.
- Cassia succedana Bellardi ex DC.
- Ditremexa marilandica (L.) Britton & Rose
- Ditremexa medsgeri (Shafer) Britton & Rose
- Ditremexa nashii Britton & Rose
- Senna riparia Raf.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: MrGPS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: cassi saari, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hardyplants, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hardyplants, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: PK2Morgan, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.