Botanical Name: Senna artemisioides (Cassia artemisioides)
Common Name: Feathery senna
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape an open, airy small shrub; forms a loose rounded or mounded canopy with distinctive feathery foliage
Height 3-5'
Spread equal
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors requires full sun near the coast; tolerates some shade
Soil thrives in coarse, sandy, well-drained habitats; avoid wet
Hardiness hardy (zones 8, 9, 12-16, 18-23);best suited for warm dry soil
 
Morphology:
Leaves even-pinnately compound, alternate, 2-3" long; leaflets are linear, gray-green, 1 to 1-1/2" long, needle-like in appearance
Flowers sulphur yellow, to 3/4" across, in small clusters produced toward the ends of the branches; Jan. - April
Fruit a pod: 1-2" long, somewhat constricted between the seeds
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
an excellent small accent shrub for its airy form, feathery foliage and late winter flower display; loose filler or informal mass-planting on slopes; good for subtropical and desert-theme landscapes
 
Landscape Care:
Watering an occasional deep soak; plant is drought-tolerant; avoid over-watering in clay soil habitats
Fertilizing none required
Pruning selectively head back to promote a more dense form
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other relatively short-lived
 
Origin: Australia
Family: Fabaceae

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