Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures by color ( Yellow ), 0 by htop

htop wrote:
Twin-leaf Senna, Two-leaf Senna, Twin-leaved Senna, Two-leaved Senna (Senna roemeriana), Caesalpiniaceae Family, Texas native, perennial, blooms in early spring through early fall

Its natural habitat is poor, dry, limestone soil. It will grow in a garden, as long as the soil is well-drained. Give it a little extra water, cut it back and it will bloom into the fall. it is a butterfly larvae food for tailed oranges, orange sulphurs and statira sulphurs. CAUTION: It is poisonous to cattle, goats and horses.

For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles: http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/66696/index.html

The leaves are divided into two leaflets and it has 3/4 to 1 inch blooms.