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Hairy Senna

Senna hirsuta

Hairy Senna
Vinayaraj · CC BY-SA 3.0

Overview

Senna hirsuta, commonly known as woolly senna, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is native to Central and South America, but is naturalised in many other countries. It is an erect or spreading shrub or herbaceous perennial with pinnate leaves, with two to six pairs of egg-shaped leaflets, and yellow flowers arranged in groups of two to six, with six fertile stamens and four staminodes in each flower.

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  1. Wikipedia (EN): Senna hirsuta — CC BY-SA 4.0