Senna stricta (Randell) Randell

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Senna

Characteristics

Shrub, erect, to 2 m tall, glabrous and reddish glaucous. Leaves 2.5-4 cm long including a terete petiole 6-15 mm long; stipules acicular, somewhat persistent; leaflets in 2-5 pairs spaced 6-9 mm apart, linear, 10-25 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, recurved at the margin, rounded; glands 1-3, between the lowest pairs of leaflets, subsessile, rounded, shortly pointed. Inflorescence subumbellate, of 2-5 flowers, axillary; peduncle 8-20 (-35) mm long; pedicels 7-15 mm long; bracts caducous. Petals 8-10 mm long. Fertile stamens 10; filaments subequal, 0-0.5 mm long, with 3 abaxial ones to 2.5 mm long; anthers subequal, 3-5 mm long. Pod flat, c. 8 cm long, c. 15 mm wide, straight, entire. Seeds dull.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Environment

Occurs mostly in arid inland habitats.
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Distribution

Senna stricta world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1002041-1
WFO ID wfo-0000498373
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Synonyms

Senna stricta