Senna Species, Valamuerto

Yes, because it's a weed or a pest, it must be "bad". *eyes roll*

This is one beautiful plant. It's blooms profusely in au...Read Moretumn/fall with gorgeous golden yellow flowers. What's not to like? It really lights up the dead looking native bushland here in Australia (besides the acacias though). I don't know why people try hard killing off this beauty!

I have grown this small bushy tree in Sarasota, FL and in Brooksville, FL. (zones 9a & b). I haven’t found it to be at all invasive, as...Read More far as suckers or other offspring showing up. It can be quite sprawling and looks best when shaped into a tidy tree. It’s tolerant of our sandy soil and doesn’t need much water, and produces masses of glorious yellow flowers when most everything else is dying back. It’s a Sulphur Butterfly attractor to boot. There seem to be a number of similar varieties of this plant, so it may be that one of the varieties is invasive, but not the plants I’m familiar with.

The Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council has listed this species as a Category 1 invasive.

In Queensland, Australia this is c...Read Moreonsidered an invasive weed.

I have not grown this plant. Valamuerto (Senna pendula) is a natutalized intorduced plant in Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii and Tex...Read Moreas and is native to Puerto Rico.