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