Seymeria cassioides
| Seymeria cassioides | |
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| Photo was taken by Gil Nelson | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Scrophulariales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Seymeria |
| Species: | S. cassioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Seymeria cassioides (J.F. Gmel.) S.F. Blake | |
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| Natural range of Seymeria cassioides from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
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Description
The common names are Yaupon blacksenna or Senna seymeria (Nelson 2005). Is an annual, herbaceous, root parasite on several species of southern pine (Fitzgerald et al 1977). Blooms from September to October (Nelson 2005). “The stem get up to 1m tall, much branched, entire plant covered with glandular hairs. Leaves are finely divided into linear segments; in the field each segment gives the impression of being an individual leaf. Flowers are 1mm long, bright yellow with brown marks near the ovary, outside of the flower not hairy. Capsules are 5mm long, shiny brown when mature.” – Musselman and Mann 1978. “Each flower lasts for only one day before falling from the plant. The flowers of this genus have an unusual type of anther opening, a small pore rather than a long slit.” – Musselman and Mann 1978.
