Fabaceae

Oneleaf senna

Senna uniflora (Mill.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Senna

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Common names

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English: Oneleaf senna

Synonyms

Cassia ciliata Hoffmanns.
Cassia monantha DC.
Cassia mucronulosa (Pittier) J.F.Macbr.
Cassia ornithopodioides Steud.
Cassia ornithopoides Lam.
Cassia sensitiva Jacq.
Cassia sericea Sw.
Cassia uniflora Mill.
Diallobus subuniflorus Raf.
Diallobus uniflorus (Mill.) Raf.
Emelista mucronulosa Pittier
Sericeocassia uniflora (Mill.) Britton & Rose
Sericeocassia uniflora (Mill.) Britton

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual, Perennial
In the US and Canada: Puerto Rico: native

Photos

Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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.