I grew this from seed recieved in trade labeled as yellow batisia which it quite clearing not. Looks like some form of cassia. Anyone have some guess as to which one. I ask this forum since ya'll use a lot of cassias for your BF and cats.
Sorry the pix out of focus. Some days my camera just doesn't co-operate.
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You know, that looks way too similar to my beileved-to-be-cassia which in reality turned out to be virginia jointvetch - Aeschynomene virginica ! This plant is also called curly indigo - maybe that's where the confusion was (?). Other names: budda pea, curly-indigo, hard sola, Indian joint-vetch, kat sola, northern joint-vetch, sensitive jointed vetch, sensitive vetch. This plant can be weedy or invasive.
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AEVI3&photoID=aevi3_3h.jpg
Watch those seedheads as they open when dry and seed goes everywhere. If you don't want it all over the place - just cut them off. I grew this by accident last year. Maybe I also got it in a packet of seeds or smth... But it grew to be about 10 feet tall and provided some shade to my flowerbed and I definitely liked that. I cut off seedheads as far as I could but I got a yard full of seedlings in spring. Been pulling them left and right - I think I got them all ;). I allowed two or three to grow this season. I believe jointwetch is also a host plant for a few butterflies. I have not seen any caterpillars yet though.
It's looks quite similar to virginia jointvetch on your photo, but also it's quite blurry so I can correctly identify the leaves or blooms. Maybe if you get a chance to take and post some more pictures - it will be easier to identify it.
~Lenka
nope...leaves are much bigger. More like a cassia and flowers have 5 petals not pea-like. I'll try to get better pictures.
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Hmmm.. You know I might have seen one like that somewhere....And it was smth like a wild cassia/senna... Not sure about those seed heads though ...Let's see......
Found it-
Here ya go: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/b/Caesalpiniaceae/Senna/none/cultivar/0/
Yours has to be one of them - hard to say which one as they look very similar.
I think it's senna obtusifolia aka coffeeweed
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