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Senna marilandica

Senna marilandica, commonly known as Maryland senna, Maryland wild senna, and wild senna, is a perennial flowering plant in the pea family (Fabaceae) native to the United States. It blooms in the summer with yellow flowers, followed by long seed pods, and can grow up to 2 m (6 ft) tall. It prefers average to wet soil.

Description
Senna marilandica has green, round, unbranched stems rising from a shallow, fibrous root system, reaching a height of about . The compound leaves are alternate and pinnate with four to eight pairs of opposite leaflets on each leaf. Leaflets are up to long and wide and are ovate to elliptic in shape. After the flowers are fertilized, drooping pea-like seed pods, up to long, appear. ==Distribution and habitat==
Distribution and habitat
S. marilandica is native in the United States from Nebraska to the west, Florida and Texas to the south, Wisconsin to the north, and New York to the east. The plant is found in woodland edges, open fields, and thickets, and in moist areas such as riverbanks and moist prairies. ==Ecology==
Ecology
The flowers bloom from early July through late August, and the seed pods form from early August through late September. Unlike many members of the pea family, S. marilandica is not nodulated by nitrogen-fixing bacteria. S. marilandica is a larval host to the cloudless sulphur (Phoebis sennae), orange-barred sulphur (Phoebis philea), sleepy orange (Eurema nicippe), and little sulphur (Eurema lisa) butterflies. ==References==
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