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Senna alata, Candlestick Plant

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4'' pots - small but a fast grower!


Category: Trees/Shrubs

Height: 5 to 8 feet

Light: Full to Part Sun

Bloom: Erect yellow bud spikes resembling candles open to bright yellow 5 petaled flowers

Bloom Time: Spring to Fall

Growth Habit: Erect, branched. Coarse egg shaped leaflets.

Comments Host plant for the Sulphur butterfly. Interesting winged seed pods. Leaves were once used to treat ringworms.


Photo: Shankaran Murugan, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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