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Spiny Senna
( Senna armata )
Senna armata
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About Spiny Senna (Senna armata)
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Senna armata
is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names spiny senna and desert senna. It is native to the desert regions around the intersection of Nevada, Arizona, eastern California and northern Baja California, where it grows in sandy and rocky habitat, such as arroyos. It is a shrub growing up to a meter tall, its grooved, branching stems often narrowing to thorns at their tips. The spiny branches are coated in tubular hairs which help protect it from hot desert air. The spine-tipped leaves are each made up of two to four pairs of small leaflets. The leaves are ephemeral, dropping soon after emerging, leaving the shrub naked most of the time. Flowers occur singly or in small clusters in leaf axils. They are fragrant and showy, with five petals in shades of yellow to salmon pink, each measuring roughly a centimeter long. The fruit is a legume pod up to 4 centimeters long.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Shrub
Size
1.6 - 3.3 ft tall
Flower Color
Yellow, Pink
Flowering Season
Spring, Summer
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 1
confirmed
, 4
likely
* )
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Sleepy Orange
Abaeis nicippe
Abaeis nicippe
*
Cloudless Sulphur
Phoebis sennae
Phoebis sennae
*
Genista Caterpillar
Uresiphita reversalis
Uresiphita reversalis
*
Salt Marsh Moth or Acrea Moth
Estigmene acrea
Estigmene acrea
*
Black-tipped Rudenia Moth
Rudenia leguminana
Rudenia leguminana
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun
Moisture
Low
Nurseries
Carried by 4
Soil Drainage
Fast
Propagation
?
For propagating by seed: No treatment.
Natural Setting
Site Type
Sandy or gravelly washes
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 3.1" - 12.6", Summer Precipitation: 0.19" - 2.17", Coldest Month: 39.8" - 61.6", Hottest Month: 66.6" - 88.8", Humidity: 3.22" - 42.83", Elevation: 22" - 6198"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: Desert Senna, Desertsenna
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Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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