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Senna procumbens

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Perennial
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Northern Territory
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Senna procumbens is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the Northern Territory in Australia. It is a herbaceous perennial or undershrub with pinnate leaves with two or three pairs of lance-shaped to narrowly elliptic leaflets, and groups of five to eight yellow flowers arranged in upper leaf axils.

Where it grows

Senna procumbens grows among tall grasses in swamps or in forest or woodland in sandy soil. It is only known from the Pine Creek area of the Northern Territory.

Other Senna plants

Rainforest Cassia · Sprawling Cassia · Emperor's candlesticks · Alexandrian senna · Desertsenna · Silver senna · Flor de San Jose · Matara Tea · Pepper Leaf Senna · Senna barronfieldii · Twinleaf senna · Christmasbush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Senna procumbens 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.

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