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Senna notabilis
Also called Cockroach Bush
Senna notabilis, commonly known as cockroach bush, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, and is endemic to northern Australia. It is an erect, softly-hairy, annual or perennial shrub with pinnate leaves with six to twelve pairs of lance-shaped leaflets, and yellow flowers arranged in groups of twenty to thirty, with seven fertile stamens in each flower.
Senna notabilis occurs in all mainland states and territories except Victoria, and grows in a range of arid habitats, including rocky hillsides, clays and deep desert sands. It is often found with Triodia species. It is widely distributed and common in Western Australia and the Northern Territory, with only a few collections in South Australia and New South Wales.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Senna notabilis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
