Senna marilandica

Senna marilandica, the Maryland senna[2] or Maryland wild senna, is a perennial flowering plant in the United States that blooms in the summer and can grow up to six feet tall. It prefers average to wet soil, and is native in the southeast, all the way to the southern Great Lakes.[3]

Senna marilandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Senna
Species:	S. marilandica
Binomial name
Senna marilandica (L.) Link (1831, as "marylandica")
Synonyms[1]
Synonyms Cassia acuminata Moench Cassia marilandica 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.

It is a larval host to the cloudless sulphur (Phoebis sennae), orange-barred sulphur (Phoebis philea), and sleepy orange (Eurema nicippe) butterflies.[4]

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  Flowers showing black stamens and relatively hairless pistils
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  Senna marilandica on the banks of the Cacapon River

References

1. "Senna marilandica (L.) Link". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
2. "Senna marilandica". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
3. "Senna marilandica". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2019.
4. The Xerces Society (2016), Gardening for Butterflies: How You Can Attract and Protect Beautiful, Beneficial Insects, Timber Press.