Characteristics
Dicots
Senna obtusifolia (L.)H.S.Irwin & Barneby
COFFEEWEED; SICKLEPOD
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The native range of this American species is unknown, but there are numerous records from the late 1800s in eastern and southern USA, with one of the earliest being in the 1850s from Arkansas (Bigelow s.n., NY).
Native
FACU (NWPL)
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Citation
SENNA OBTUSIFOLIA (Linnaeus) H. S. Irwin & Barneby, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35: 252. 1982.
Cassia obtusifolia Linnaeus 1753.
CUBA: Without data (lectotype: Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. t. 62. 1732). Lectotypified by Brenan, Kew Bull. 1958: 250. 1958.
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
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